# NTSB DEN83LA208: Cessna 182F, N3124U, Fort Morgan, CO, September 5, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 5, 1983, 11:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place: Fort Morgan, CO
- Coordinates: 40.259391, -103.790382 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2594&lon=-103.7904&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16153
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN83LA208
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16153/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA208

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3124U-1984-11-05), registration cancelled 1984-11-05, S/N 18254524 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182F
- Registry model: [Cessna 182F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182f) (registry code 2072714) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18254524
- Airframe hours: 4017
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830905050539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830905050539A), Sep 5, 1983: Cessna 182F, Ft Morgan, CO, Substantial damage. Lost directional control while landing in a light crosswind. Ran off the runway into soft sand and nosed over.

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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