- Date
- June 3, 1983, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Dongola, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N218WCessna 182G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830603022629A
- Case key
- 12194
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While landing with a x-wind at 10 gusting 20 KTS, the acft encountered a gust & floated almost half way down the 1800 ft sod strip. It became apparent to the plt that braking alone may not be sufficient to stop. He elected not to go-around since there were power lines & elevated terrain near the north end of the rwy. The plt elected to purposely turn off the rwy & roll toward rising terrain. Though the terrain looked firm, it was soft (there had been a recent rain). After leaving the rwy, the nosewheel dug into the soft terrain & the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N218W
- Reported as
- Cessna 182G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 182255649
- Airframe hours
- 2,204
- Engine
- Continental O-470R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert Etherton
- Registered owner
- William W. Etherton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 17, 1983
- Departed
- 2R4 · Milton, FL
- Destination
- NONE · Dongola, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- RLA · Dongola, runway 36, 1,800 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,355 total · 27 in this make and model · 3,012 as pilot in command · 118 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.