# NTSB CHI83LA222: Cessna 172, N2797E, Warsaw, IN, May 18, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 18, 1983, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Warsaw, IN
- Location: 41.2747° N, 85.8401° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WARSAW MUNI (ASW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2747&lon=-85.8401&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12182
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA222
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12182/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA222

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - touch-and-go - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS ON HIS FINAL APPROACH FOR A THIRD TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING AND THAT HE WAS AWARE OF A RIGHT QUARTERING CROSSWIND. HE MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO COMPENSATE FOR THE WIND BUT JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN A GUST OF WIND LIFTED THE RIGHT WING. BEFORE THE PILOT COULD COMPENSATE THE LEFT WING HIT THE GROUND AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER. WINDS WERE GUSTING 21 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2797E](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2797E), registered now, S/N 17271324 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17271324
- Airframe hours: 1428
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Skystream, Incorporated
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 14, 1983, 86 hours before
- Airport: ASW, Warsaw, runway 9, 5,500 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 70 total, 2 in this make and model, 31 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 110° at 15 knots, gusting 21
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SBN, 35 nm away

## 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 19830518019789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830518019789A), May 18, 1983: Cessna 172, Warsaw, IN, Substantial damage. Wind gust caused wing to hit the ground on level off. Pilot lost control. Airplane cartwheeled. Landed upside down.

## Other investigations on N2797E (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 ERA21LA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA261), Jun 18, 2021: Cessna 172 (N2797E), Jupiter, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s failure to obtain the proper touchdown point during a forced landing. Contributing to the accident was the improper service and subsequent inadequate inspection of the…

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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