- Date
- June 23, 1985, 15:09 local (20:09 UTC)
- Place
- East Alton, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8486XCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 13108
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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 blown inverted by wind gusts shortly after landing. The plt stated the wx was fine until after touchdown when the wind began gusting to 35 KTS. The plt turned the acft left off the rwy, contacted ground control and initiated a right turn onto the parallel taxiway when the accident occurred. The plt stated that he was used to flying large acft (DC-9) versus small acft (C-172).
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8486X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17248986
- Airframe hours
- 2,518
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles Midyett
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MDH · Carbondale, IL
- Destination
- ALN · Alton, IL
- Airport
- ALN · St Louis Regional
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
- 42
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight engineer, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12,916 total · 43 in this make and model · 3,897 as pilot in command · 97 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 24 knots, gusting 35
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ALN