# Accident 20031002025569A: Cessna 182A, Shenandoah, IA, October 2, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 2003, 21:40 local time
- Place: Shenandoah, IA
- Airport: Shenandoah Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7517° N, 95.4136° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7517&lon=-95.4136&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3772D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3772D-2018-05-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 515 total, 60 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04LA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031002025569A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ENGINE QUIT DURING CRUISE FLIGHT AND WOULD NOT RESTART. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND WITHOUT POWER AT SDA AND CRASHED IN A ROADSIDE DITCH ADJACENT TO THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND THE PASSENGER RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 CHI04LA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA001), Oct 3, 2003: Cessna 182A (N3772D), Shenandoah, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Loss of engine power for an undetermined reason during cruise and the unsuitable terrain for landing encountered by the pilot. The factors to the accident were the dark night, the corn crop, and the…

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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