- Date
- March 31, 1986, 12:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Bristow, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2826LCessna 172H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860331008569A
- Case key
- 22006
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported encountering strong gusty winds while taxiing for departure at jones memorial airport, Bristow, OK. As a result his aircraft was flipped upside down and substantially damaged. The pilot was not injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2826L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17256026
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert Harding
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- 3F7 · Jones Memorial, runway 35, 3,375 × 50 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 386 total · 386 in this make and model · 305 as pilot in command · 56 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 23 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUL, 30 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.