# NTSB MKC88LA068: Cessna 172G, N72PF, Springfield, MO, March 24, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 24, 1988, 12:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place: Springfield, MO
- Coordinates: 37.279472, -93.290161 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2795&lon=-93.2902&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 26, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34552
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC88LA068
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34552/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88LA068

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with weather, taxi - to takeoff
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - weather evaluation - poor, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, taxi - to takeoff
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N72PF), registered now, S/N 17253530, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- Registry model: [Cessna 172G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (registry code 2072420) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17253530
- Airframe hours: 4748
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880324006609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880324006609A), Mar 24, 1988: Cessna 172G, Springfield, MO, Substantial damage. Blown up and onto a wing tip while turning on the runway for takeoff. Surface wind gusts exceeded aircraft control.

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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