# Accident 20030912023509A: Cessna 182D, Rushville, IN, September 12, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2003, 14:30 local time
- Place: Rushville, IN
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9858° N, 85.7614° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9858&lon=-85.7614&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8702X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8702X-2013-09-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182D (registry code 2072710, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182D
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 900 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA310](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA310) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030912023509A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 09/12/2003 AT APPROXIMATELY 1430 EST, JERRY A. STEVENS AN INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PILOT ENCOUNTERED WIND GUSTS WHILE ON TAKE OFF FROM RUNWAY 36 OF HIS PRIVATE GRASS AIRSTRIP. THIS LED TO A HARD LANDING AND LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGING THE PILOT'S CE-182-D AIRCRAFT, N8702X.

## 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 CHI03LA310](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA310), Sep 12, 2003: Cessna 182D (N8702X), Rushville, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot failed to maintain control of the airplane during the initial takeoff climb which resulted in an inadvertent stall.

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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