NTSB Identification: ATL88LA148.
The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 36686.
Accident occurred Sunday, April 17, 1988 in LOWELL, OH
Probable Cause Approval Date: 07/26/1989
Aircraft: CESSNA 182Q, registration: N759BJ
Injuries: 2 Uninjured.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.THE PLT RPTD THAT HE LANDED IN A 12-14 KT, 90 DEGREE X-WIND. THE INITIAL PORTION OF THE LDG ROLLOUT WAS SHIELDED FROM THE WIND BY A ROW OF TREES BORDERING PART OF THE UPWIND SIDE OF THE RWY. UPON REACHING A CLEARING IN THE TREES, THE AIRPLANE WAS EXPOSED TO THE WIND AND FLIPPED OVER. ACCORDING TO THE CESSNA 182Q POH, THE MAX DEMONSTATED X-WIND VELOCITY FOR THE AIRPLANE DURING LDG IS 15 KTS.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS..INADEQUATE..PILOT IN COMMAND
Contributing Factors
WEATHER CONDITION..CROSSWIND
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