- Date
- December 2, 1989, 11:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place
- Savoy, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3783LCessna 172G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891202048829A
- Case key
- 14600
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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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the pilot, which resulted in his inability to maintain control of the aircraft. A factor related to the accident was: the adverse wind condition.
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
While taxiing from the runway to the parking area after landing in strong, gusty winds, a wind gust lifted the left wing and pushed the aircraft over, inverted. Wind at the airport was reported to be from 300 degrees at 30 knots, with gusts to 40 knots. The pilot had received a prelfight weather briefing and had obtained weather updates & en route advisories throughout the cross country flight. All weather services reported high surface winds, increasing in strength during the day with gusts.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3783L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17253952
- Airframe hours
- 1,855
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Abilene Flying Services
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 20, 1989 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- K78 · Abilene, KS
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- CMI · Willard Arpt, runway 32, 8,100 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,047 total · 35 in this make and model · 960 as pilot in command · 51 in the last 90 days · 28 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 30 knots, gusting 40
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CMI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.