- Date
- July 30, 1987, 19:00 local (Jul 31, 1987, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Carrington, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- CGNATRushton Sophwith Camel
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 17287
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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 - gustsCause
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Weather condition - crosswindCause
Nose over
Analysis
The canadian private plt made an unscheduled fuel stop while on a cross country flight. During taxi from landing, the aircraft encountered a strong gusting crosswind. The left wing lifted and the aircraft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CGNAT
- Reported as
- Rushton Sophwith Camel (SOPHWITH C)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- C1
- Airframe hours
- 70
- Engine
- Warner 165, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Don Rushton
- Registered owner
- Donald W Rushton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1987 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- MOT · Minot, ND
- Destination
- OSH · Oshkosh, WI
- Airport
- 46D · Carrington-Mathery, runway 13, 3,813 × 50 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,270 total · 70 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 30 knots, gusting 35
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None