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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA22150 · Rockford, IL · March 13, 1982

Date: March 13, 1982 · 12:45 local
Place: Rockford, IL
Airport: Greater
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N2470P
NTSB investigation: NTSBCHI82DA085
Reported as: Piper PA22150
Reported engine: Lycoming O320*
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,997 total1,500 in this make and model48 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Blown over turning onto runway for takeoff by a sudden gust of wind.

As the FAA filed it

BLOWN OVER TURNING ONTO RUNWAY FOR TAKEOFF BY A SUDDEN GUST OF WIND.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CHI82DA085Accident · No injuriesFinal reportRockford, ILThe pilot had taxied to runway 24. While making a turn to runup, the wind picked up the right wing and tail, and flipped the plane over on its back.Mar 13, 1982 · Destroyed