NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CEN24LA174
Registry · N20095
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 172M
Year of manufacture
1972 · 52 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19720929
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A195B4
Registrant of record
WINGSLEASING LLC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Probable cause & findings
The flight instructor’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during an encounter with wind while holding short of the runway.
Factual narrative
The flight instructor reported that he was holding short of the runway waiting for a storm with heavy precipitation to pass when a gust of wind lifted the right wing and pushed the airplane to the right side of the runway. The airplane came to rest upside down which resulted in substantial damage to the wing, vertical stabilizer, and rudder. The flight instructor reported he was holding appropriate flight control inputs for the wind at the time the accident occurred. He reported further that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operations. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12
NTSB Findings
Hierarchical cause / factor breakdown from the FAA bulk avdata database. Each finding tagged C (Cause) or F (Factor).
- — Environmental issues-Conditions/weather/phenomena-Wind-High wind-Contributed to outcome
- — Personnel issues-Task performance-Use of equip/info-Aircraft control-Instructor/check pilot
- — Aircraft-Aircraft oper/perf/capability-Performance/control parameters-(general)-Not attained/maintained
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_2024_CEN24LA174.txt.
Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb.
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