# Accident 20010914027829A: Cessna 172N, Sarasota-Braden, FL, September 14, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2001, 09:28 local time
- Place: Sarasota-Braden, FL
- Airport: Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.3098° N, 82.5200° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3098&lon=-82.5200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19SC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N19SC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T182T (registry code 2072738, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t182t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 74 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL01LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01LA111) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010914027829A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DEPARTED PEACHTREE - DEKALB AIRPORT (PDK) ON AN IFR PART 91 FLIGHT TO SARASOTA - BRADENTON AIRPORT (KSRQ) AT 0545 LOCAL TIME. ARRIVED AT KSRQ AND AFTER LANDING, DURING THE TAXI PHASE OF FLIGHT, WAS FLIPPED OVER BY THE WIND. WINDS WERE REPORTED AS GUSTING 55 TO 60 KNOTS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO POST CRASH FIRE. (.4) ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2001, AT 0928 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172N, N19SC, REGISTERED TO AIR EAST SERVICES LLC AND OPERATED BY THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, NOSED OVER INVERTED WHILE TAXIING FROM LANDING AT THE SARASOTA-BRADENTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN SARASOTA, FLORIDA. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 WITH AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FILED. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED, AND THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE DEKALB-PEACHTREE AIRPORT IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, AT 0630. THE PILOT COMPLETED AN ILS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 32 WITH A NORMAL TOUCHDOWN AND LANDING ROLL. WHILE TAXIING CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY, A GUST OF WIND WAS ENCOUNTERED AND THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED INVERTED. ACCORDING TO A DIA                       GRAM PROVIDED BY THE PILOT, THE AIRPLANE WAS POSITIONED ON A TAXIWAY ORIENTED 040 DEGREES MAGNETIC WHEN THE EVENT OCCURRED. THE PILOT REPORTED OBTAINING AN OUTLOOK BRIEFING FROM A FLIGHT SERVICE STATION THE NIGHT BEFORE DEPARTING, OBTAINING A STANDARD BRIEFING VIA COMPUTER THE MORNING OF THE DEPARTURE, AND THE ATIS INFORMATION FOR THE SARASOTA-BRADENTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PRIOR TO ARRIVAL. A REVIEW OF RECORDED WEATHER OBSERVATION DATA AT SARASOTA-BRADENTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REVEALED WINDS WERE REPORTED FROM 320 DEGREES MAGNETIC AT 34 KNOTS GUSTING TO 46 KNOTS AT 0932. A REVIEW OF THE INFORMATION MANUAL FOR THE CESSNA 172 REVEALED THE MAXIMUM DEMONSTRATED CROSSWIND VELOCITY FOR THE AIRPLANE IS 15 KNOTS. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, WINGS, AND WING STRUTS.

## 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 ATL01LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01LA111), Sep 14, 2001: Cessna 172N (N19SC), Sarasota, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper in-flight decision to land at an airport with high wind conditions, which resulted in a loss of control on the ground during taxi operations and subsequent nose over of the…

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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