- Date
- March 30, 1982, 15:17 local (21:17 UTC)
- Place
- Des Moines, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4325QCessna 172L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820330006739A
- Case key
- 70464
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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 landed on runway 23 with the wind from 230 degrees at 34 gusting 40 knots. After turning off to the right side of the runway, a gust of wind tipped the aircraft, turned it further to the right, and then blew it over on its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4325Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 172L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17260225
- Airframe hours
- 3,712
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Foxtrot Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Foxtrot Flying Club
- Departed
- Waterloo, IA
- Destination
- Des Moines, IA
- Airport
- DSM · Des Moines Muni, runway 23, 6,500 × 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 477 total · 160 in this make and model · 353 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 34 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 149 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DSM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.