- Date
- March 22, 1987, 11:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place
- Carlsbad, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6285QCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870322007159A
- Case key
- 17177
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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.
On ground/water encounter with weather
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - not performedCause
Lack of total experienceCause
Analysis
The student plt was on a solo x-country and landed at an intermediate arpt. The acft was taxiing from landing with a 24 kt tailwind. A strong gust of wind hit the acft and it nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6285Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285219
- Airframe hours
- 2,306
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Road Runner Aviation
- Registered owner
- Roadrunner Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 1, 1986 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- HOB · Hobbs, NM
- Airport
- CNM · Cavern City, runway 21, 7,854 × 150 ft, asphalt
N6285QRegistration cancelled Feb 22, 2017 · Cessna 152Airframe modelCessna 152Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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
- 20
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 19 total · 19 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 24 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CNM, 5 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.