- Date
- May 28, 1989, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tutwiler, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2739CCessna 182R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890528013419A
- Case key
- 32440
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Probable cause
Loss of control of the aircraft due to an encounter with a dust devil while on the ground.
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
After observing a limp windsock, the plt landed on the gravel covered ag strip. Upon touchdown, a gust of wind struck the acft & began drifting it off the rwy. He attempted to regain control by applying rt brake, rudder & attempted to go-around. He stated that he had no braking action due to the loose gravel & applied full power, but the gear struck a ditch & the acft nosed over. An ag plt standing nearby, stated that a dust devel caught the acft. He also stated that he had observed numerous dust devils in the area all afternoon. As the two plts drove away from the crash site, they observed another dust devil pass over the airstrip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2739C
- Reported as
- Cessna 182R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18200223
- Airframe hours
- 1,635
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sims, R. Douglas
- Registered owner
- Sims, R. Douglas
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 28, 1989 · 66 hours before
- Departed
- F26 · Dallas, TX
- Destination
- Tutwiler, MS
- Airport
- runway 3, 2,000 × 50 ft, gravel
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
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,030 total · 997 in this make and model · 4,000 as pilot in command · 65 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GWO, 38 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.