- Date
- May 20, 1990, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sioux Falls, SD
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4850SCessna 182RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900520016779A
- Case key
- 17932
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Probable cause
The pilot's loss of directional control during landing roll.
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 commercial pilot lost control during landing roll. The plane ground looped to the right, struck a concrete well cover, and collapsed the right main landing gear. The plane came to rest right wing low, with the right horizontal stabilizer bent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4850S
- Reported as
- Cessna 182RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18201438
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-L3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sky Vu Flyers, Inc
- Departed
- SHR · Sheridan, WY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- FSD · Joe Foss Field, runway 3, 8,999 × 150 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 624 total · 86 in this make and model · 476 as pilot in command · 51 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,900 ft overcast
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.