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.
First solo cross country. Lost control landing in crosswind. Nosed over. Wind exceeded 152 crosswind component. (-23) on February 24, 1996 a student pilot was flying a solo cross-country flight from st. charles, missour to Jacksonville, Illinois. After landing on runway 31, the pilot lost directional control, locked the brakes and went off the side of the runway and flipped upside down.
As the FAA filed it
FIRST SOLO CROSS COUNTRY. LOST CONTROL LANDING IN CROSSWIND. NOSED OVER. WIND EXCEEDED 152 CROSSWIND COMPONENT. (-23) ON FEBRUARY 24, 1996 A STUDENT PILOT WAS FLYING A SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM ST. CHARLES, MISSOUR TO JACKSONVILLE, ILLINOIS. AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 31, THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, LOCKED THE BRAKES AND WENT OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.