# NTSB MKC84LA035: Rockwell 114, N5858N, Council Bluffs, IA, December 6, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 6, 1983, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Council Bluffs, IA
- Coordinates: 41.239555, -95.8507 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2396&lon=-95.8507&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33600
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84LA035
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33600/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA035

## 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
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - icy (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE PLT, HE LANDED ON RWY 13, WHICH WAS ICY, AND ENCOUNTERED A RIGHT X-WIND. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR HIT A SNOWBANK & THE ACFT GROUND LOOPED. THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE RIGHT WING HIT SNOW & WAS DAMAGED. HE REPORTED THE WIND WAS FROM 350 DEG AT 15 KTS. APRX 5 MI AWAY, THE 1146 CST OMAHA, NE WIND WAS FROM 300 DEG AT 4 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N5858N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROCKWELL 114
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 14392
- Airframe hours: 470
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-540-T4B5D 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Robert L. Michelson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 20, 1983, 15 hours before
- Departed: DAL, DALLAS, TX
- Airport: CBF, Council Bluffs Muni, runway 13, 3,500 × 75 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 317 total, 37 in this make and model, 257 as pilot in command, 55 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 18 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: OMA, 5 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 19831206061349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831206061349A), Dec 6, 1983: Gulstm 114ARKWELL, Council Bluffs, IA, Substantial damage. Skidded and ground looped into a snowbank while landing on icy runway in a crosswind.

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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