# NTSB MKC83LA132: Cessna 182F, N3568U, Dows, IA, June 21, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 21, 1983, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Dows, IA
- Location: 42.6584° N, 93.5020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dows, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6584&lon=-93.5020&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33424
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83LA132
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33424/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA132

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (cause)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, takeoff - roll/run

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3568U), registered now, S/N 18254968, 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: 18254948
- Airframe hours: 2300
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830621026509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830621026509A), Jun 21, 1983: Cessna 182F, Dows, IA, Substantial damage. Aircraft flipped over on its back when pilot attempted crosswind takeoff in adverse wind conditions.

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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