- Date
- August 24, 1986, 19:00 local (Aug 25, 1986, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Gainesville, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7261TCessna 172A
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860824042039A
- Case key
- 22080
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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.
Analysis
The pilot was taxiing into position for takeoff, when there was a wind shift and a gust of wind inverted the aircraft. The pilot had not obtained any weather reports prior to taxiing out to the runway. There were thunderstorms in the area and a heavy rain began within minutes of the accident decreasing visibility to aprx 1/4 mile.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7261T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 46861
- Airframe hours
- 4,318
- Engine
- Continental O-300-C, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Michael D. Allison
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 1, 1986 · 11 hours before
- Airport
- GLE · Gainesville, runway 17, 4,500 × 100 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--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 161 total · 97 in this make and model · 132 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 360° at 20 knots, gusting 40
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.