- Date
- October 19, 1982, 16:14 local (21:14 UTC)
- Place
- Hutchinson, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N63648Cessna 172PII
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 19, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821019057369A
- Case key
- 71133
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Nose over
Weather condition - tailwindCause
Weather condition - gustsCause
Proper assistance - not obtainedCause
Analysis
Pilot made three go-arounds because of gusty winds. While taxiing to tiedown downwind the wind blew the aircraft over. Winds gusting to 25 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63648
- Reported as
- Cessna 172PII
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275461
- Airframe hours
- 268
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Raymond Lee Everley
- Registered owner
- Wells Aircraft, Inc.
- Departed
- 3KM · Wichita, KS
- Destination
- Campbellsville, KY
- Airport
- HUT · Hutchinson Muni
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 160 total · 50 in this make and model · 121 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HUT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.