- Date
- March 26, 1988, 12:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Indianapolis, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5044GBellanca 8GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880326006579A
- Case key
- 14059
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Fifteen minutes after the pilot had taken off on a tow plane operation he returned to the local arpt. After landing he turned downwind to taxi to the ramp. The wind raised the tail of the tailwheel acft and nosed the acft inverted. The pilot estimated the wind at 18 knots gusting to 28.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5044G
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30479
- Airframe hours
- 1,563
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-C2E, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Operator
- Central Indiana Soaring Societ
- Registered owner
- Central In. Soaring Society
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 19, 1988 · 4 hours before
- Airport
- 152 · Indianapolis Terry, runway 22, 2,700 × 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
- 66
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 21,506 total · 81 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IND, 23 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.