# NTSB ATL88LA097: Cessna 172, N6285E, Jackson, TN, February 22, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 22, 1988, 13:32 local (19:32 UTC)
- Place: Jackson, TN
- Coordinates: 35.629055, -88.819915 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6291&lon=-88.8199&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 13, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7709
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL88LA097
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7709/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA097

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - preflight planning/preparation - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - wind information - disregarded, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, takeoff - roll/run

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6285E-2015-05-11), registration cancelled 2015-05-11, S/N 46385, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 46385
- Airframe hours: 3377
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880222003189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880222003189A), Feb 22, 1988: Cessna 172, Jackson, TN, Substantial damage. Wind shift on takeoff roll blew the aircraft over. Any amount of severe crosswind makes operation of type difficult

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.

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