- Date
- January 1, 1984, 07:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Marion, IA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3641CCessna 182
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840101000129A
- Case key
- 33614
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Analysis
The acft collided with a snowbank after swerving during takeoff. The swerve was started when the acft hit a windblown snowdrift which changed the acfts direction. After the collision the acfts nose gear collapsed and the left main gear retracted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3641C
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18200290
- Airframe hours
- 2,155
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- A&G Air Limited
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 25, 1983 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- C57 · Marion, IA
- Destination
- DSM · Des Moines, IA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CID · Cedar Rapids, runway 30, 2,500 × 150 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
- 24
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 658 total · 55 in this make and model · 588 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 23 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CID, 11 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.