- Date
- June 18, 1983, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- La Porte City, IA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3862LCessna 172G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830618058649A
- Case key
- 33497
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Terrain condition - runwayFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Airspeed - aboveCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Analysis
Scattered rain showers in the area had just made the turf rwy wet. The pilot reported that as he turned off the rwy the acft skidded and went sideways into a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3862L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17254031
- Airframe hours
- 901
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mark & Mindy'S Natural High
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 5, 1982 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- IRK · Kirksville, MO
- Airport
- 6C8 · Nichols, runway 8, 2,600 × 100 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 915 total · 535 in this make and model · 621 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.