# NTSB CHI82DA104: Cessna 180, N4649B, Duluth, MN, March 29, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: March 29, 1982, 13:28 local (19:28 UTC)
- Place: Duluth, MN
- Coordinates: 46.780574, -92.110473 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7806&lon=-92.1105&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 29, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70517
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82DA104
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70517/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA104

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - runway light
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snowbank
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4649B), registered now, S/N 31547, built 1955 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2500
- Airframe hours: 5845
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820329006499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820329006499A), Mar 29, 1982: Cessna 180, Duluth, MN, Substantial damage. Lost control landing in a crosswind. Ran off runway into a snowbank and nosed over.

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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