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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172M · Champaign-Urban, IL · April 6, 1988

Date
April 6, 1988 · 12:56 local
Place
Champaign-Urban, IL
Airport
University Of Illinois-Willar
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N64508
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI88LA094
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,984 total1,984 in this make and model18 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.

A gust of wind blew the aircraft inverted while taxiing to the ramp. Plane was blown some 30 feet from the taxiway.

As the FAA filed it

A GUST OF WIND BLEW THE AIRCRAFT INVERTED WHILE TAXIING TO THE RAMP. PLANE WAS BLOWN SOME 30 FEET FROM THE TAXIWAY.

NTSB investigation

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