# Accident 20030603010959A: Cessna 182Q, Gettysburg, SD, June 3, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2003, 09:42 local time
- Place: Gettysburg, SD
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9983° N, 100.2119° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9983&lon=-100.2119&mi=10
- Aircraft: N630SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N630SW-2017-07-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Reported engine: CONT O470U
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 559 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03FA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03FA141) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030603010959A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 06-03-2003 AT APPROXIMATELY 0942 CDT (1442 Z) CESSNA 182-Q AIRCRAFT, N630SW, CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GETTYSBURG, SD. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM DICKINSON, ND (DIK) TO LAWRENCE, KS (LWC). THE ONE PERSON ON BOARD RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 CHI03FA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03FA141), Jun 3, 2003: Cessna 182Q (N630SW), Gettysburg, SD, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot not maintaining aircraft control in cruise flight leading to his inadvertent spiral. A factor was the pilot's in-flight encounter with moderate to heavy rain.

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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