- Date
- November 14, 1994, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Deland, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9054XCessna 182-D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19941114038239A
- Case key
- 37696
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to compensate for the gusty wind conditions during taxi for takeoff.
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 added power to taxi to the active runway. He encountered two strong gusts of wind from the right rear of the airplane, and the airplane nose over and came to rest on its nose. The pilot stated he did not use the elevator, nor the aileron controls to compensate for the wind.
Factual narrative
On November 14, 1994, about 1330 eastern standard time, N9054X, a Cessna 182D registered to Austin Air Consultants, flipped over during taxi out for a proposed 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight at Deland, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the intended flight to Zephryhills, Florida. The airplane was substantially damaged and the pilot reported no injuries. The flight was originating at the time.
The pilot stated that as he added power to taxi onto the active runway a gust of wind flipped the airplane over and it came to rest inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9054X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 53454
- Airframe hours
- 2,123
- Engine
- Continental O-470L-16F, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Austin Air Consultants
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 16, 1994 · 14 hours before
- Destination
- ZPH · Zephryhills, FL
- Airport
- DED · Deland Muni, runway 5, 4,370 × 100 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,498 total · 205 in this make and model · 3,298 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 33 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 14 knots, gusting 23
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAB, 24 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.