# NTSB MIA70F0064: Cessna 172K, N79179, Jackson, MS, July 14, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 14, 1969
- Place: Jackson, MS · JACKSON, MS
- Location: 32.2988° N, 90.1848° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jackson, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2988&lon=-90.1848&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 2, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 168601
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA70F0064
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA70F0064

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2166  69/7/14    JACKSON,MISS        CESSNA 172K         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1552                    N79179              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 24, 1158 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            25 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HAWKINS FIELD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           TAXI: TO TAKEOFF
           COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT                           TAXI: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO
        WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                      3500
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND
          NONE                                                     LEFT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES
        TEMPERATURE-F                                            WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES
           95                                                      340
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           44                                                      VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND CAUSED ACFT TO NOSE OVER AN HIT PARKED CESSNA N3359J,SUB DMG.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N79179](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N79179-2015-05-04), registration cancelled 2015-05-04, S/N 17257938, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- Registry model: [Cessna 172K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (registry code 2072430) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Hawkins Field

## Other investigations on N79179 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC87LA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC87LA076), Apr 5, 1987: Cessna 172 (N79179), Muscatine, IA, destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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