- Date
- March 11, 1988, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Old Town, ME
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N89219Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880311005189A
- Case key
- 36117
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Following rollout from a normal landing in strong winds, and during a left turn onto the taxiway, the wing of the aircraft was lifted up by a quartering tailwind and flipped over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89219
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17276000
- Airframe hours
- 2,799
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Central Maine Flying Ser.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Sanford, ME
- Airport
- OLD · De Witt Field, runway 30, 3,600 × 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
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 385 total · 70 in this make and model · 295 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 21 knots, gusting 42
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N89219 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.