- Date
- June 23, 1993, 17:07 local (22:07 UTC)
- Place
- Rapid City, SD
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5435ECessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930623020089A
- Case key
- 15743
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's inadequate compensation for wind 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 from a landing into strong winds (40-50 KTS), the pilot was turning to exit the taxiway intersection when the airplane's right wing and tail lifted and flipped the aircraft over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5435E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17271863
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aspen Flying Club
- Registered owner
- N758fv Corp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- HON · Huron, SD
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Rapid City Regional, runway 32, 8,701 × 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 238 total · 150 in this make and model · 199 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 38 knots, gusting 48
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RAP, 1 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.