- Date
- March 4, 1985, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Campbellsville, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N3969SCessna 172E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850304007939A
- Case key
- 6753
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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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Weather condition - high windFactor
Weather evaluation - disregardedCause
Wind information - disregardedCause
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Flight controls - improper use ofCause
Nose over
Analysis
The acft was positioned with its tail into the wind & it was blown over. The wind was from 240 deg at 18 KTS with gusts to 28 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3969S
- Reported as
- Cessna 172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17251169
- Airframe hours
- 2,551
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jack Short
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 20, 1985 · 95 hours before
- Airport
- AAS · Taylor Co., runway 23, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,199 total · 1,541 in this make and model · 1,987 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 18 knots, gusting 28
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LOU, 55 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.