# NTSB MKC83LA229: Cessna 172G, N3862L, La Porte City, IA, June 18, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 18, 1983, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: La Porte City, IA
- Coordinates: 42.310241, -92.190269 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3102&lon=-92.1903&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33497
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83LA229
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33497/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA229

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - runway (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - above, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3862L), registered now, S/N 17254031, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- Registry model: [Cessna 172G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (registry code 2072420) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17254031
- Airframe hours: 901
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830618058649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830618058649A), Jun 18, 1983: Cessna 172G, La Porte City, IA, Substantial damage. Pilot attempted turn from wet runway and aircraft skidded into a ditch causing substantial damage.

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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