# NTSB ATL83LA137: Cessna 182L, N42587, Fort Belvoir, VA, March 12, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 12, 1983, 13:54 local (18:54 UTC)
- Place: Fort Belvoir, VA
- Coordinates: 38.699398, -77.13945 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6994&lon=-77.1394&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6032
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA137
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6032/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA137

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - wind information - disregarded, pilot in command (cause)
  - compensation for wind conditions - not possible, pilot in command (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, taxi - to takeoff

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING TAXIED TO THE RUNWAY FOR TAKEOFF WHEN IT WAS OVERTURNED BY THE WIND. LOCAL WEATHER STATION HAD ISSUED A 'POINT WARNING' OF WINDS AT 25 KTS, GUSTING TO 35 KTS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED FROM ITS PROTECTED PLACE BEHIND A HANGAR TO AN UNPROTECTED AREA WHERE THE WIND BLEW IT UP ON THE RIGHT WING AND PROP UNTIL IT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N42587 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182L
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1825902
- Airframe hours: 1947
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: James Montgomery
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, February 25, 1983, 16 hours before
- Destination: BCB, BLACKSBURG, VA
- Flight plan: IFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 778 total, 723 in this make and model, 555 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 18 knots, gusting 31
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 46 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: DAA

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.

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