Cessna 172 N7450X

Summary

On 2 March 2017 at about 21:30 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N7450X was involved in an accident near Greenville, Maine, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

2 March 2017 at 21:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Greenville, Maine, United States

Nearest airport

Greenville Muni (3B1)

Coordinates

45.4628, -69.5517

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N7450X

Category

Airplane

Year built

1960

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Old Town → Greenville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA17CA175

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while taxiing in gusting crosswind conditions.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that, after a normal landing in gusting headwind conditions, he turned onto an intersecting runway, which resulted in gusting crosswind conditions. He added that he positioned the flight controls to compensate for the crosswind but that, after taxiing about 150 ft on the runway, the left wing lifted, and the airplane veered to the right and then nosed over on snow-covered terrain. The vertical stabilizer sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The automated weather observation station at the accident airport, about the time of the accident, recorded wind from 300° at 13 knots, gusting to 28 knots. The pilot reported that he was taxiing on runway 3.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.