# NTSB MKC83LA221: Cessna 182, N42966, Kansas City, MO, September 17, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 17, 1983, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Coordinates: 39.090244, -94.580467 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0902&lon=-94.5805&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33490
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83LA221
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33490/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA221

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, taxi - from landing
  - proper assistance - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
- Nose over, taxi - from landing

## Analysis

THE PLT REPORTED THAT AFTER LANDING, SHE WAS TAXIING TO A RAMP AREA WHEN A GUST OF WIND LIFTED THE LEFT WING & ROLLED THE ACFT OVER ON ITS TOP. THE WINDS WERE REPORTED FROM 190 DEG AT 20 GUSTING TO 30 KT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N42966 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18259268
- Airframe hours: 1003
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: James G. & Barbara M Tuley
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 6, 1983, 27 hours before
- Departed: SRB, SPARTA, TN
- Destination: MKC, KANSAS CITY, MO
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: MKC, Kansas City Downtown, runway 18, 7,001 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 756 total, 667 in this make and model, 708 as pilot in command, 26 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 91 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MKC

## 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 19830917049469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830917049469A), Sep 17, 1983: Cessna 182, Kansas City, MO, Substantial damage. Aircraft was blown over during taxi to ramp after landing.

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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