- Date
- April 7, 1988, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Macon, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N49409Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880407008129A
- Case key
- 7732
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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 acft was taxiing for departure when a gust of wind lifted the left wing and the acft overturned. The surface winds were reported at 16 knots with gusts to 27 knots. The plt stated that proper flight control inputs were used for taxiing in windy conditions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49409
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 152-81244
- Airframe hours
- 1,187
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Southeastern Flight Academy
- Registered owner
- David E. Owens
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 16, 1988 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- MAC · Macon, GA
- Airport
- MAC · Macon-Herbert Smart Dwntn, runway 32, 4,430 × 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
- 20
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 280 total · 185 in this make and model · 167 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 80 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 16 knots, gusting 27
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCN, 7 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.