# NTSB MKC82DA051: Cessna 172L, N4325Q, Des Moines, IA, March 30, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: March 30, 1982, 15:17 local (21:17 UTC)
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Coordinates: 41.529369, -93.659019 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5294&lon=-93.6590&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 30, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70464
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC82DA051
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70464/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DA051

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose over, taxi - from landing
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - proper assistance - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 23 WITH THE WIND FROM 230 DEGREES AT 34 GUSTING 40 KNOTS. AFTER TURNING OFF TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, A GUST OF WIND TIPPED THE AIRCRAFT, TURNED IT FURTHER TO THE RIGHT, AND THEN BLEW IT OVER ON ITS BACK.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4325Q](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4325Q), registered now, S/N 17260225, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Registry model: [Cessna 172L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (registry code 2072432) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17260225
- Airframe hours: 3712
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Foxtrot Flying Club
- Registered owner: Foxtrot Flying Club
- Departed: WATERLOO, IA
- Destination: DES MOINES, IA
- Airport: DSM, Des Moines Muni, runway 23, 6,500 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: unknown, unknown; flight hours: 477 total, 160 in this make and model, 353 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 230° at 34 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Temperature: 149 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: DSM

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820330006739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820330006739A), Mar 30, 1982: Cessna 172L, Des Moines, IA, Substantial damage. Blown over by severe gusty surface wind on taxi to ramp.

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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