- Date
- May 10, 1990, 15:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Akron, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7628DPiper PA22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900510015449A
- Case key
- 14665
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Probable cause
Pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while taxiing in gusty crosswind conditions.
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 for takeoff in gusty crosswind conditions, a gust of wind lifted the left wing of the aircraft and it nosed over, coming to rest inverted on the taxiway. The pilot estimated the winds to be out of 250 degrees at 25 knots, with gusts to 35 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7628D
- Reported as
- Piper PA22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-5332
- Airframe hours
- 3,357
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Heitkamp, Blaine A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 8, 1989 · 42 hours before
- Airport
- AKR · Akron-Fulton Int'L
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,000 total · 80 in this make and model · 400 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 25 knots, gusting 37
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AKR
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.