# NTSB MKC84LA096: Cessna 172P, N52252, Broken Bow, NE, March 7, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 7, 1984, 13:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place: Broken Bow, NE
- Coordinates: 41.399135, -99.629478 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3991&lon=-99.6295&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33648
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84LA096
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33648/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA096

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, taxi - from landing
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - weather evaluation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, taxi - from landing

## Analysis

A GUST OF WIND OVERTURNED THE ACFT DURING TAXI FROM LANDING. THE WIND WAS FROM 330 DEGREES AT 24 KTS GUSTING TO 34 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N52252](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52252), registered now, S/N 17274461, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17274461
- Airframe hours: 1300
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-02J 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: George Land
- Registered owner: Hyde Aircraft, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 12, 1983, 100 hours before
- Departed: 09K, SARGENT, NE
- Airport: BBW, Municipal, runway 32, 3,740 × 50 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 7,200 total, 700 in this make and model, 7,000 as pilot in command, 99 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 330° at 24 knots, gusting 34
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 30 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: BBW

## 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 19840307009189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840307009189A), Mar 7, 1984: Cessna 172P, Broken Bow, NE, Substantial damage. Aircraft was blown over by a strong gust of wind during taxi after landing.

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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