ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 298872
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| Date: | Sunday 11 June 2000 |
| Time: | 14:30 LT |
| Type: | American Aerolights Falcon XP |
| Owner/operator: | Michel Fithian |
| Registration: | N544AA |
| MSN: | 600166 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 313 hours |
| Engine model: | Rotax 503 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | MONTGOMERY, New York -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | (KMGJ) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
While the pilot was taxiing, he realized that the wind was blowing from a direction behind the airplane and 'my indicator showed no froward air movement although I was doing 45 mph.' Dust and grass blew by the airplane, and the controls were being forced from behind. As the pilot made a 180-degree right hand turn on the taxiway to the ramp, a squall pushed the airplane sideways, lifted the right wing up, and rotated the airplane on the left wing tip. The airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted. The pilot estimated that the winds at the time of the accident were in excess of 60 mph. The winds reported at the airport, at 1454, were from 260 degrees at 8 knots, gusts to 18 knots, variable from 220 degrees to 280 degrees.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane while taxiing. Factors related to the accident were the gusting wind conditions and the pilot's improper weather evaluation.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC00LA163
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 15-Oct-2022 23:42 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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