- Date
- January 5, 1982, 09:38 local (16:38 UTC)
- Place
- Springerville, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N738XPCessna TR182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820105024259A
- Case key
- 72680
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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
While taxiing to the ramp after landing the wind caught the right wing and turned the aircraft over on its back. The pilot reported that the wind was gusting up to 70 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N738XP
- Reported as
- Cessna TR182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18200974
- Airframe hours
- 1,230
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-L3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Joel Frederick'S Monarch Air
- Registered owner
- Charles L Vardman
- Departed
- SJN · St. Johns, AZ
- Destination
- Q38 · Dos Palos, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Q35 · Springerville, runway 21, 5,600 × 0 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
- 23
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,435 total · 275 in this make and model · 2,220 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 55 knots
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 N738XP · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.