- Date
- March 2, 1991, 11:14 local (19:14 UTC)
- Place
- Reno, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4417LCessna 172G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910302003859A
- Case key
- 27126
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper planning/preparation decision. Factors related to the accident were the high wind condition and the pilot in commands inability to compensate for the wind condition.
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 1432-hour commercial pilot listened to the local ATIS broadcast which reported that the surface wind was from 130 degrees at 15 knots with gusts to 25 knots. Thereafter, the pilot elected to taxi for takeoff, and he proceeded in accordance with his taxi clearance. Enroute to the active runway the pilot stopped his airplane on a 070 degree heading to allow ground traffic to pass his position. While holding, a gust of wind upset his airplane tipping it into its nose and left wing. Two minutes later the ground controller notified another airplane that the wind was presently from 150 degrees at 40 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4417L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17254504
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kenneth G. Warner
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- RNO · Reno, NV
- Airport
- RNO · Reno Cannon Intl, runway 16, 10,002 × 150 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,432 total · 64 in this make and model · 1,296 as pilot in command · 48 in the last 90 days · 32 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 40 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Observed at
- RNO, 1 nm away
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 N4417L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.