- Date
- September 5, 1983, 11:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Morgan, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3124UCessna 182F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830905050539A
- Case key
- 16153
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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
The acft went off the rwy and nosed over during landing. The plt landed on rwy 14 with the wind reported as being from 250 degrees at 5 KTS with gusts to 7 KTS. The plt reported a gust of wind picked up the right wing. He lost directional control, the acft left the rwy and ran into the soft dirt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3124U
- Reported as
- Cessna 182F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18254524
- Airframe hours
- 4,017
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald Neb
- Registered owner
- Quad Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 25, 1983
- Airport
- 3V4 · Fort Morgan Municipal, runway 14, 5,450 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 126 total · 71 in this make and model · 119 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 5 knots, gusting 7
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.