# NTSB CHI87LA209: Cessna 182RG, N251NW, Marine City, MI, September 9, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 9, 1987, 14:33 local (18:33 UTC)
- Place: Marine City, MI
- Coordinates: 42.710094, -82.49076 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7101&lon=-82.4908&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 16, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13823
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87LA209
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13823/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA209

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, takeoff - initial climb
- Roll over, takeoff - initial climb

## Analysis

PIC LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING LIFT-OFF. THE AIRCRAFT THEN DRIFTED LEFT, AWAY FROM THE RUNWAY, CARTWHEELED AND CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN. THE PIC AND PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AS IT STARTED TO BURN. THE PIC STATED THAT HE NOTED IMMEDIATELY A CROSSWIND AFTER LIFT-OFF WHICH MOVED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N251NW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182RG
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R18201398
- Airframe hours: 1945
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-J3C5D 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Wallace M. Evans
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 1, 1987, 9 hours before
- Departed: 76G
- Destination: CGF, CLEVELAND, OH
- Airport: Marine City, runway 22, 2,250 × 42 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 61; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; medical: expired; flight hours: 2,513 total, 1,565 in this make and model, 2,347 as pilot in command, 74 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870909082379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870909082379A), Sep 9, 1987: Cessna 182, Marine City, MI, Destroyed. Dragged a wing after a crosswind early liftoff. Aircraft cartwheeled, crashed and burned.

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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