- Date
- June 9, 1988, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Frederick, OK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1103FCessna 172G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880609021409A
- Case key
- 22456
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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
During slow taxi to takeoff, a gust of wind or a dust devil lifted aircraft off taxiway and flipped it inverted. Numerous small whirlwinds were observed in the vicinity of the airport at the time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1103F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-54698
- Airframe hours
- 2,525
- Engine
- Continental O-300D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harold F. Kukuk
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 17, 1987 · 47 hours before
- Departed
- FDR · Frederick, OK
- Destination
- 2DT · Oklahoma City, OK
- Airport
- FDR · Frederick
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
- 68
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 808 total · 650 in this make and model · 750 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SPS
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 N1103F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.