- Date
- January 11, 1990, 12:04 local (18:04 UTC)
- Place
- Pierre, SD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N70844Cessna 182M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900111000429A
- Case key
- 17878
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Probable cause
Inadequate compensation for the wind conditions by the pilot. An on ground encounter with wind gusts is considered an additional cause.
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
The private pilot completed a x-country flight and landed on rwy 31, with winds he estimated as 310 deg at 25 gusting to 45 knots. He said that as he turned off the rwy onto the taxiway, the wind gusted to what he estimated as 62 knots. He said the wind lifted the tail and nosed the plane over. The plane came to rest inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70844
- Reported as
- Cessna 182M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18259389
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Roland E. Kemink
- Departed
- 98D · Onida, SD
- Destination
- PIR
- Airport
- PIR · Pierre, runway 31, 6,898 × 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 963 total · 74 in this make and model · 936 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 25 knots, gusting 62
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.