- Date
- May 11, 1989, 16:40 local (23:40 UTC)
- Place
- Mojave, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7002ECessna 175A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890511011549A
- Case key
- 26409
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Probable cause
Inadequate preflight planning/preparation, and the pilot's disregard of the wind information.
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 for takeoff when the wind lifted the left main wheel off the ground, turned the airplane around, and lifted the tail high enough to flip the airplane forward to the inverted position. The pilot said the winds he received were greater than the tower reported. The pilot did not say what heading he was on when the initial problem started. Tower reported winds were from 300 degrees at 30 knots, gusting to 45 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7002E
- Reported as
- Cessna 175A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 56502
- Airframe hours
- 1,378
- Engine
- Continental GO-300, 175 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William H. Hickle
- Registered owner
- Hickle, William H
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 13, 1988 · 70 hours before
- Destination
- IYK · Inyokern, CA
- Airport
- MHV · Mojave
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,950 total · 210 in this make and model · 58 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 30 knots, gusting 40
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.