- Date
- April 16, 1976
- Place
- Sioux Falls, SD · SIOUX FALLS, SD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3883SCessna 172E
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760416009819A
- Case key
- 153308
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1000 76/4/16 SIOUX FALLS,SD CESSNA 172E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 665 TIME - 1515 N3883S PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 600 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOE FOSS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MASON CITY,IA SIOUX FALLS,SD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND BLOWING DUST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 220 34 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 49K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3883S
- Reported as
- Cessna 172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Joe Foss Field
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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