- Date
- March 29, 1982, 13:28 local (19:28 UTC)
- Place
- Duluth, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4649BCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820329006499A
- Case key
- 70517
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The student pilot was making touch and go landings on RUNWAY09 while preparing for a flight check. After landing, he proceeded to open the cowl flaps and push in the carburetor heat control. He stated that at that time, he let the ailerons go to a neutral position and the wind picked up his right wing. He reported that the wind blew the plane to the left side of the runway where the left wing caught a runway "marker beacon" and spun around. The plane struck a snowbank and flipped over. The pilot reported that the wind was gusting to 20 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4649B
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2500
- Airframe hours
- 5,845
- Engine
- Continental O-470-J, 265 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Dale F. Wilkins
- Registered owner
- Dale F. Wilkins
- Departed
- SUW · Superior, WI
- Destination
- Weatherford, OK
- Airport
- DLH · Duluth Intl Airport, runway 9, 10,152 × 150 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 66 total · 66 in this make and model · 35 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 102 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DLH
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.