- Date
- May 4, 1982, 08:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lovell, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N91682Cessna 182M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 4, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 71501
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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
After landing on a dirt road to talk to a sheep herder, the aircraft was taxied off the road. A gust of wind picked the tail of the aircraft up and turned the aircraft over. The pilot reported winds were from 135 degees at 20 knots gusting to 30 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91682
- Reported as
- Cessna 182M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18259870
- Airframe hours
- 2,900
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Leichner Enterprises
- Registered owner
- Leichner Enterprises
- Departed
- U68 · Cowley, WY
- Destination
- U68 · Cowley, WY
- Airport
- U68 · North Big Horn County
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
- 41
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,157 total · 205 in this make and model · 3,100 as pilot in command · 72 in the last 90 days · 44 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- COD, 27 nm away
Other investigations on N91682 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.