- Date
- April 12, 1982, 17:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Marion, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4178LCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820412009269A
- Case key
- 71581
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Nose over
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Proper assistance - not obtainedCause
Analysis
The pilot reported that the wind was from 200 degrees at 22 gusting 30 knots. While taxiing eastbound from the runway, a gust of wind lifted the right wing and tail, and the aircraft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4178L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 54247
- Airframe hours
- 1,140
- Engine
- Lycoming O-300, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James E Brush
- Registered owner
- James E Brush
- Departed
- Bellerville, IL
- Destination
- Marion, IL
- Airport
- MWA · Williamson County, runway 20, 6,502 × 0 ft, macadam
N4178LRegistration cancelled Nov 7, 2012 · Cessna 172GAirframe modelCessna 172GEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 400 total · 265 in this make and model · 374 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 22 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 158 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.