# Accident 19830518019789A: Cessna 172, Warsaw, IN, May 18, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 1983, 13:10 local time
- Place: Warsaw, IN
- Airport: Warsaw
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2747° N, 85.8401° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WARSAW MUNI (ASW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2747&lon=-85.8401&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2797E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2797E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 70 total, 2 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI83LA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA222) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830518019789A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

WIND GUST CAUSED WING TO HIT THE GROUND ON LEVEL OFF. PILOT LOST CONTROL. AIRPLANE CARTWHEELED. LANDED UPSIDE DOWN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI83LA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA222), May 18, 1983: Cessna 172 (N2797E), Warsaw, IN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2797E (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20210618007879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210618007879A), Jun 18, 2021: Cessna 172N (N2797E), Jupiter, FL, Destroyed. Part 141 operator certificate no. 9NCS068L, [privacy data omitted] preforming instruction operating Cessna CE-172N, registration N2797E, sn: 17271324 after…
- [Incident 19970316009279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970316009279I), Mar 16, 1997: Cessna 172N (N2797E), Marion, SC. Narrative: VMC, cruise flight 4,500 MSL normal engine gauge readings. A strange noise started to come from engine. But engine gauges remained normal. About 10…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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