# Accident 20021109035629A: Cessna 182N, Wheatfield, IN, November 9, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 2002, 10:41 local time
- Place: Wheatfield, IN
- Airport: Flying J Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2633° N, 87.1350° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2633&lon=-87.1350&mi=10
- Aircraft: N253R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N253R-2006-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182N (registry code 2072730, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182N
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021109035629A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT CRASHES SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM GRASS STRIP, RUNWAY 27 AT FLYING J AIRPORT (IN61). WINDS WERE REPORTED AT VPZ, LOCATED 20 MILES NORTH OF IN61, AT 10:01 EST, GUSTING 18 TO 24MPH AS 210 DEGREES. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO HANDLE CROSSWIND.

## 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 CHI03LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA020), Nov 9, 2002: Cessna 182N (N253R), Wheatfield, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot not maintaining aircraft control and the pilot's inadequate compensation for the gusting wind condition. Factors to the accident were the gusting wind condition and the inadvertent stall at…

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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