# NTSB DEN84FA010: Cessna 182F, N3375U, Burke, SD, October 20, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: October 20, 1983, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Burke, SD
- Coordinates: 43.179294, -99.290885 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1793&lon=-99.2909&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16175
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN84FA010
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16175/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84FA010

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, climb - to cruise
  - flight into known adverse weather - initiated, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - obscuration (contributing factor)
  - vfr flight into imc - continued, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent instrument time, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with object, maneuvering
  - object - guy wire (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

PRIOR TO THE FLT, THE PLT OBTAINED A WX BRIEFING & WAS ADVISED THAT VFR FLT WAS NOT RECOMMENDED. AT THE END OF THE BRIEFING, HE INDICATED HE WOULD 'BE GETTING BACK WITH' THE FSS SPECIALIST. THE PLT THEN TOLD THE ARPT MANAGER THAT HE WOULD 'GO UP & TAKE A LOOK AT THE WX', & IF IT WAS TOO BAD, HE WOULD RETURN & LAND. WITNESSES HEARD & SAW THE ACFT NEAR THE CRASH SITE. THEY REPORTED THAT IT FLEW OVER IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION, THEN TURNED BACK TO THE WEST. SHORTLY AFTER REVERSING DIRECTION, THE ACFT STRUCK A GUY WIRE TO A TV TOWER, APRX 180 FT AGL, THEN IT CRASHED TO THE GROUND. A DEPUTY SHERIFF ESTIMATED THE GROUND LEVEL VISIBILITY WAS BETWEEN 1/8 & 1/4 MI WITH FOG & THE CEILING WAS 150 TO 200 FT. THE PLT HAD LOGGED ONLY 2.9 HRS INSTRUMENT TIME IN THE PREVIOUS 6 MOS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3375U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3375U-2013-04-16), registration cancelled 2013-04-16, S/N 18254775, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182F
- Registry model: [Cessna 182F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182f) (registry code 2072714) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18254775
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Jerry Laswell
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: 9D1, GREGORY, SD
- Destination: HUF, TERRE HAUTE, IN

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 777 total, 109 in this make and model, 626 as pilot in command, 54 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Lowest ceiling: 200 ft
- Temperature: 50 °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 19831020054849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831020054849A), Oct 20, 1983: Cessna 182F, Burke, SD, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Struck a television tower guide wire while flying VFR in near zero IMC. Aircraft cartwheeled prior to ground impact

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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