- Date
- March 24, 1988, 12:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place
- Springfield, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N72PFCessna 172G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880324006609A
- Case key
- 34552
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot reported that while taxiing for takeoff a wind gust caught the wing of the aircraft resulting in loss of aircraft control. Aircraft moved nose down and the propeller and the right wing contacted the runway. Winds at the time of the accident were 180 degrees at 29 knots with gusts to 41 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72PF
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17253530
- Airframe hours
- 4,748
- Engine
- Continental O-300, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Operator
- Pro-Flight Air Inc.
- Registered owner
- Jim Wilkins
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- SGE · Springfield, runway 19, 7,003 × 150 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 680 total · 294 in this make and model · 577 as pilot in command · 164 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 29 knots, gusting 41
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,700 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SGF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.