- Date
- October 16, 1984, 13:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place
- Stillwater, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N55350Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841016074799A
- Case key
- 21603
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Pilot had returned to his home airport after aborting a business flight due to weather. After landing, the pilot was taxiing from the active runway when the aircraft flipped inverted due to strong gusting winds. The wind was reported by the pilot to be blowing at 45 KTS with gusts to 50 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55350
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1727S164
- Airframe hours
- 1,622
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D21, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stillwater Acft Leasing Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- WWR · Woodward, OK
- Airport
- SWO · Search Fld, runway 22, 5,000 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 173 total · 70 in this make and model · 141 as pilot in command · 59 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 45 knots, gusting 50
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N55350 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.