- Date
- December 30, 1982, 16:00 local (Dec 31, 1982, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Rubidoux, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N26170Piper J-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821230066929A
- Case key
- 72433
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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.
Nose over
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Weather condition - high windFactor
Weather condition - unfavorable windFactor
Proper assistance - not obtainedCause
Analysis
Pilot taxiing to ramp when gust of wind blew aircraft over. Wind was variable, gusting 25 k.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26170
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 410-2
- Airframe hours
- 39
- Engine
- Lycoming O-145B, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jim Shequin
- Registered owner
- Jim Shequin
- Departed
- Rubidoux, CA
- Destination
- Rubidoux, CA
- Airport
- Fla-Bob, runway 6, 3,200 × 60 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
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,765 total · 3 in this make and model · 1,494 as pilot in command · 48 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.