- Date
- March 22, 1990, 16:55 local (21:55 UTC)
- Place
- Columbus, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7275GCessna 172K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900322005319A
- Case key
- 8222
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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the pilot. A factor related to the accident was: the adverse wind condition.
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 plt elected to fly, though the wind was strong & gusty. He rprtd that as he was taxiing north to rwy 28L, a gust of wind picked up the tail of the acft, then it nosed over. The 1650 EST wind at the arpt was from 220 deg at 17 gusting 28 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7275G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17258975
- Airframe hours
- 2,510
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Olde Towne Flyers, Inc
- Registered owner
- Olde Towne Flyers, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 24, 1989 · 32 hours before
- Destination
- RZK · Chillicothe, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CMH · Port Columbus Intl, runway 28L, 10,701 × 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
- 30
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial, Flight engineer, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,690 total · 978 in this make and model · 2,961 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 17 knots, gusting 28
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,100 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CMH
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.