# NTSB Accident LAX05CA302
> **Cessna 172S** · 2005-09-18 · Show Low, AZ, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX05CA302
- **Event ID:** 20051013X01643
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2005-09-18
- **Location:** Show Low, AZ, USA
- **Coordinates:** 34.275554, -110.009162
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 3
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172S
- **Registration:** N121CW
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's selection of a downwind runway for landing and his inadequate compensation for the strong and gusty quartering tail wind conditions, which resulted in a tail strike during landing.

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