- Date
- April 4, 1982, 11:55 local (15:55 UTC)
- Place
- Chantilly, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5510DCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 4, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820404013259A
- Case key
- 70192
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot flew into an area of high forecast winds and altered his destination as a precaution. However, he failed to ask for or take precautionary measures after landing and the aircraft was blown over while taxiing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5510D
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17272588
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Timothy Robinson
- Registered owner
- Paul Robinson
- Departed
- Ithaca, NY
- Destination
- Leesburg, VA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- IAD · Dulles Int'L, runway 30, 10,001 × 150 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 22
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 450 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 40 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Observed at
- IAD
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.