- Date
- February 22, 1988, 13:32 local (19:32 UTC)
- Place
- Jackson, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6285ECessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880222003189A
- Case key
- 7709
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While returning home with his newly purchased acft the plt made a refueling stop. The winds were strong and gusting upwards of thirty KTS at the refueling arpt and the destination arpt. During the takeoff roll the winds shifted to a right crosswind. The acft rolled left and came to rest inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6285E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 46385
- Airframe hours
- 3,377
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Michael A. Kellems
- Registered owner
- Tom C. Witt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 20, 1988 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- MKL
- Destination
- EKQ · Monticello, KY
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MKL · Mckellar Field, runway 20, 6,008 × 150 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 113 total · 22 in this make and model · 76 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 22 knots, gusting 28
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.