# NTSB MKC84LA161: Cessna 172P, N93FR, Wichita, KS, June 7, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 7, 1984, 13:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Location: 37.6500° N, 97.4330° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WICHITA DWIGHT D EISENHOWER NTL (ICT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6500&lon=-97.4330&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): 33698
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84LA161
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33698/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA161

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, taxi - to takeoff
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather observation - disregarded, pilot in command (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT NOSED OVER WHILE TAXIING ONTO THE RWY IN HIGH WINDS. THE PLT HAD RECEIVED THE ATIS WEATHER THAT REPORTED ARPT SURFACE WINDS FROM 190 DEGREES AT 26 KTS GUSTING TO 41 KTS. THE PLT TAXIED TO THE RWY AND WAS TURNING TO LINE UP WHEN THE WIND PICKED UP ONE WING AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N93FR](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93FR-1988-04-06), registration cancelled 1988-04-06, S/N 17274182 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17274182
- Airframe hours: 4023
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-D2J 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Outlaw Aircraft Sales, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 26, 1984, 79 hours before
- Departed: ICT, WICHITA, KS
- Destination: CKV, CLARKSVILLE, TN
- Airport: ICT, Mid-Continent, runway 19, 7,302 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 398 total, 100 in this make and model, 204 as pilot in command, 25 in the last 90 days, 17 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 26 knots, gusting 41
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: ICT

## 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 19840607023089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840607023089A), Jun 7, 1984: Cessna 172P, Wichita, KS, Substantial damage. Blown over by severe wind gusts while turning onto the runway for takeoff. Wind exceeded aircrafts capability.

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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