- Date
- April 4, 1977
- Place
- Wichita, KS · WICHITA, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N92015Cessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report May 11, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770404005959A
- Case key
- 157576
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0534 77/4/4 WICHITA,KS CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 588 TIME - 1545 N92015 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 120 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WICHITA MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WICHITA,KS WINFIELD,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 3500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 350 28 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- AIRCRAFT HOLDING ON RNY AWAITING TAKEOFF CLEARANCE.TURNED CROSSWIND AND FLIPPED OVER.WND GUSTS 37K
Aircraft
- Registration
- N92015
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wichita Mun
N92015Registration cancelled Sep 11, 2013 · Cessna 182MAirframe modelCessna 182MEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.