- Date
- May 3, 1987, 09:05 local (14:05 UTC)
- Place
- Amarillo, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7259ACessna 172
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870503012219A
- Case key
- 22362
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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
After landing, the pilot attempted to taxi the aircraft to the ramp when he encountered strong gusty winds. The passenger and four linemen attempted to hold the aircraft down, but the winds blew the aircraft over inverted causing substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7259A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 29359
- Airframe hours
- 3,000
- Engine
- Continental O-300, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Michael Stephens
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 29, 1987
- Destination
- AMA
- Airport
- AMA · Amarillo Inter'L, runway 31, 7,900 × 100 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 649 total · 23 in this make and model · 23 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 40 knots, gusting 50
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.