# NTSB DEN82DA078: Cessna 182M, N91682, Lovell, WY, May 4, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 4, 1982, 08:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place: Lovell, WY
- Coordinates: 44.880947, -108.470588 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8809&lon=-108.4706&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 4, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71501
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN82DA078
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71501/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82DA078

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, taxi - from landing
  - weather condition - gusts (cause)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91682-2013-05-22), registration cancelled 2013-05-22, S/N 18259870, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182M
- Registry model: [Cessna 182M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182m) (registry code 2072728) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18259870
- Airframe hours: 2900
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; 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)

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 MIA96WA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96WA056), Jan 3, 1996: Cessna 182M (N91682), Trujillo, Honduras, substantial damage, 3 fatal

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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