# NTSB SEA05CA062: Cessna 172, N5953A, Gooding, ID, March 12, 2005 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: March 12, 2005, 12:35 local (19:35 UTC) - Place: Gooding, ID - Coordinates: 42.917221, -114.765274 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9172&lon=-114.7653&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report June 8, 2005 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Boise, ID - NTSB case key (mKey): 61152 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA05CA062 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/61152/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05CA062 ## Probable cause The pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions which resulted in a loss of control during taxi. A contributing factor was the wind gusts. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, taxi - to takeoff - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor) - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause) - aircraft control - not obtained, pilot in command - Nose over, taxi - to takeoff ## Analysis The pilot used a hand held wind meter at a location near mid-field to determine that the wind was "blowing 240 to 260 magnetic at 20 to 27 knots." He then preflighted the airplane, taxied out, and completed an engine run-up. After the run-up, he taxied south on the perpendicular taxiway leading onto the departure end of runway 25. As the airplane neared the centerline of the runway and the pilot was initiating a right turn to align it with the runway, he "began to experience strong wind from 250 degrees." The pilot applied full right rudder and brake and then applied full throttle in an attempt to turn the airplane into the wind. He was unsuccessful, and the left wing struck the runway followed by the propeller. At this point, the pilot reduced power. The wind pushed the airplane downwind (east) until the left wingtip dug into soft dirt off the end of the runway. The wind then blew the airplane over, and it came to rest inverted about 10 feet east of the runway threshold. Both wings, the vertical stabilizer and the rudder sustained structural damage. ## Factual narrative On March 12, 2005, at 1235 mountain standard time, a Cessna 172, N5953A, sustained substantial damage when it nosed over following a loss of control while taxiing for takeoff at the Gooding Municipal Airport, Gooding, Idaho. The commercial pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. The airplane was being operated by the pilot under 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the local personal flight, which was originating when the accident occurred. According to the pilot, he used a hand held wind meter at a location near mid-field to determine that the wind was "blowing 240 to 260 magnetic at 20 to 27 knots." He then preflighted the airplane, taxied out, and completed an engine run-up. After the run-up, he taxied south on the perpendicular taxiway leading onto the departure end of runway 25. As the airplane neared the centerline of the runway and the pilot was initiating a right turn to align it with the runway, he "began to experience strong wind from 250 degrees." The pilot applied full right rudder and brake and then applied full throttle in an attempt to turn the airplane into the wind. He was unsuccessful, and the left wing struck the runway followed by the propeller. At this point, the pilot reduced power. The wind pushed the airplane downwind (east) until the left wingtip dug into soft dirt off the end of the runway. The wind then blew the airplane over, and it came to rest inverted about 10 feet east of the runway threshold. According to an FAA inspector, who examined the airplane, both wings, the vertical stabilizer and the rudder sustained structural damage. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N5953A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5953A-2007-04-11), registration cancelled 2007-04-11, S/N 28553, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 172 - Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 28553 - Engines: Teledyne Continental O-300-A reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Bart D. Morrow - Registered owner: Gooding Flying Club LLP - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: GNG, Gooding, ID - Airport: GNG, Gooding Municipal, runway 25 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 45; injuries: none; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2; flight hours: 1,035 total, 500 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 250° at 22 knots, gusting 27 - Temperature: 48 °F ## 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 20050312002529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050312002529A), Mar 12, 2005: Cessna 172, Gooding, ID, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot taxied to runway 25 for a local practice flight. As he completed his run up and taxied onto runway 25 a strong gust of wind caught the right wing… ## Other investigations on N5953A (1) 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. - [NTSB OAK67D0109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK67D0109), Oct 2, 1966: Cessna 172 (N5953A), Livermore, CA, substantial damage 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.