# Accident 19920716025749A: Piper PA28161, Dayton, OH, July 16, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 1992, 15:17 local time
- Place: Dayton, OH
- Airport: Wright Patterson Afb
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: JT8S
- Location: 39.8260° N, 84.0461° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB (FFO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8260&lon=-84.0461&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8432R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8432R-1994-07-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,620 total, 1,397 in this make and model, 59 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO92LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO92LA105) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920716025749A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

THUNDERSTORM GUST HIT FIELD AS AIRCRAFT TURNED OFF ON TAXIWAY AFTER LANDING. AIRCRAFT BLOWN OVER ON ITS BACK.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB BFO92LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO92LA105), Jul 16, 1992: Piper PA-28-161 (N8432R), Dayton, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: AN ENCOUNTER WITH A STRONG WIND GUST WHICH RESULTED IN LOSS OF CONTROL AND NOSE OVER.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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