# Accident 19960425008499A: Cessna 172M, Terre Haute, IN, April 25, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1996, 12:45 local time
- Place: Terre Haute, IN
- Airport: Hulman Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4506° N, 87.3070° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4506&lon=-87.3070&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18HZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18HZ-1998-04-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,125 total, 1,035 in this make and model, 176 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA143) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960425008499A

## Narrative

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

BLOWN OVER WHILE TAXIING IN QUARTERING TAILWIND. USED FLIGHT CONTROLS INCORRECTLY. TOO MUCH WIND FOR TYPE. (-23) ON APRIL 25, 1996, AT 1245 EST, A CESSNA 172, N18HZ, REGISTERED TO MARTIN AVIATION INC. TURNED OVER (UPSIDE DOWN) DURING 40 KTS WIND GUST ON RUNWAY 31 WHILE TAXING TO PARKING AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 23 AT HULMAN REGIONAL AIRPORT, TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, AFTER COMPLETION OF PIPELINE SURVEILLANCE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WITH WINDS OF 30 KTS FROM 210 DEGREES AND GUSTS OF 40 KTS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO BOTH WINGS, AND THE EMPENNAGE. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY, ON APRIL 25, 1996, AT 0905 EST.

## 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 CHI96LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA143), Apr 25, 1996: Cessna 172 (N18HZ), Terre Haute, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's improper planning/decision, which resulted in his inadequate compensation (or inability to compensate) for the wind condition. The high/gusty wind condition was a related factor.

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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