- Date
- June 3, 1991, 16:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Crescent City, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N12447Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910603019169A
- Case key
- 27231
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to employ proper flight control positioning to maintain control of the airplane during taxi.
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 certificated private pilot was taxiing from landing at an intermediate refueling stop during a cross country flight. The pilot landed on runway 29, and wind conditions were reported to be from 330 degrees at 28 knots with gusts to 38 knots. The pilot attempted to exit to the left of the runway at a taxiway but strong winds prevented the airplane from turning. The pilot reported that as he began to turn back to the runway, wind lifted the left wing, flipping the airplane over to the right. The airplane came to rest inverted with the nose of the airplane pointed in the direction of the runway. The pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12447
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17261988
- Airframe hours
- 3,200
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Duane Langeliers
- Registered owner
- Big M Flying Club Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 31, 1990 · 54 hours before
- Departed
- HQM · Hoquaim, WA
- Airport
- CEC · Crescent City, runway 29, 5,002 × 150 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 300 total · 61 in this make and model · 236 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 28 knots, gusting 38
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CEC, 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.