- Date
- March 26, 1988, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mendota, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N35407Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880326006519A
- Case key
- 14055
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 - crosswindFactor
Preflight briefing service - not obtainedFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Analysis
During the landing roll, in gusty, crosswind conditions the upwind wing of the aircraft lifted and the aircraft experienced a noseover.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35407
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17256753
- Airframe hours
- 1,776
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Echo Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Echo Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 25, 1988 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- C73 · Dixon, IL
- Destination
- 0C7
- Airport
- 0C7 · Grandpa'S Farm, runway 36, 3,980 × 200 ft, grass/turf
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 191 total · 101 in this make and model · 135 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 20 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ARR, 33 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.