# NTSB MKC66D0524: Cessna 172, N5600A, Yankton, SD, March 31, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 31, 1966
- Place: Yankton, SD · YANKTON, SD
- Location: 42.8898° N, 97.3927° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yankton, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8898&lon=-97.3927&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 11, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 171832
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC66D0524
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC66D0524

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2076  66/3/31    YANKTON S DAK       CESSNA 172          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 37, 240
        TIME - 1115                    N5600A              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CHAN GURNEY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S)
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO
        WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          CLEAR                                                    UNLIMITED
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                     NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND
          BLOWING DUST                                             LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES
        TEMPERATURE-F                                            WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES
           60                                                      320
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           55                                                      VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR
        REMARKS- PILOT HAD STOPPED AIRCRAFT AFTER LANDING TO OBTAIN ASSISTANCE, GUSTY WIND INCREASED TO 55 KNOTS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5600A](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5600A), registered now, S/N 28200, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Chan Gurney

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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