- Date
- April 6, 1988, 12:56 local (17:56 UTC)
- Place
- Champaign, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N64508Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880406007809A
- Case key
- 14062
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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 pilot had just landed at the airport for refueling and was instructed by the tower to do a 180 degree turn on the runway and then make a left turn on the first taxiway. The pilot executed the 180 degree turn and while attempting to turn left (crosswind) onto the taxiway, did not sufficiently compensate for the existing wind conditions and as a result the aircraft was 'blown' over onto its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64508
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17265268
- Airframe hours
- 1,100
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- H. M. Johnson
- Registered owner
- Harry M Johnson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1987
- Departed
- 3SG · Saginaw, MI
- Destination
- M43 · Dexter, MO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CMI · Willard, runway 32, 8,100 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 63
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,984 total · 1,984 in this make and model · 1,660 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 32 knots, gusting 42
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CMI, 3 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.