- Date
- June 21, 1983, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Dows, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3568UCessna 182F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830621026509A
- Case key
- 33424
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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 nosed over during takeoff. The rwy used was 090 and the wind was from 170 degrees at 17 KTS. The plt said the acfts right wing raised followed by the tail and then the left wing dropped impacting the sod rwy before the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3568U
- Reported as
- Cessna 182F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18254948
- Airframe hours
- 2,300
- Engine
- Continental O-470R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Willard R. Lange
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 30, 1983
- Destination
- CAV · Clarion, IA
- Airport
- Dow Private, runway 9, 3,000 × 200 ft, grass/turf
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 504 total · 36 in this make and model · 474 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 17 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCW, 31 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.