# Accident 19980219006059A: Cessna 172H, St Petersburg-C, FL, February 19, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 1998, 16:09 local time
- Place: St Petersburg-C, FL
- Airport: St Petersburg-Clearwater International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9010° N, 82.6810° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9010&lon=-82.6810&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1430F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1430F-2017-03-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,521 total, 1,305 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA98LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980219006059A

## Narrative

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

(.4) ALTHOUGH AIRPORT SURFACE WINDS WERE SHIFTING THROUGHOUT THE 29 MINUTES OF PRACTICE LANDINGS, EXEMPLIFIED BY THREE RUNWAY CHANGES, THE PILOT HAD NO AIRPLANE CONTROL DIFFICULTIES UNTIL AFTER HIS FINAL FULL STOP LANDING AS HE WAS HOLDING SHORT FOR TAXI CLEARANCE BACK TO HIS FBO.  WIND GUSTS, REPORTED BY TOWER PERSONNEL TO BE ABOUT TWO MINUTES IN DURATION, REVERSED DIRECTION FROM WEST TO EAST AS A RAIN SHOWER TRAVERSED THE FIELD, LIFTED THE TAIL UNTIL THE AIRPLANE'S LONGITUDINAL AXIS WAS VERTICAL, AND BLEW IT OVER INTO AN INVERTED POSITION.                                                    (-23) THE PILOT WAS TAXIING TO THE CAMP AFTER TAKEOFF AND LANDING PRACTICE. A WIND GUST BLEW THE AIRPLANE TO THE INVERTED POSITION.

## 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 MIA98LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA080), Feb 19, 1998: Cessna 172H (N1430F), St. Petersburg, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: a sudden encounter with wind gusts associated with a quickly passing rain shower which resulted in a nose-over, and subsequent collision with the runway.

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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