# NTSB SEA93LA190: Cessna 182L, N42708, Idaho Falls, ID, September 3, 1993

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 3, 1993, 13:49 local (19:49 UTC)
- Place: Idaho Falls, ID
- Coordinates: 43.520954, -112.269813 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5210&lon=-112.2698&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 1, 1994
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 41759
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA93LA190
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/41759/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA93LA190

## Probable cause

THE ENCOUNTER WITH UNFAVORABLE WIND DURING LANDING ROLL AND THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with weather, landing - roll
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED UNFAVORABLE WIND (DUST DEVIL) DURING LANDING ROLL.  THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY, IMPACTED A DITCH AND NOSED OVER.

## Factual narrative

On Friday afternoon, September 3, 1993, at 1349 mountain daylight time, a Cessna C-182L, N42708, registered to the pilot, swerved off the runway and impacted terrain while landing at Idaho Falls, Idaho.  A VFR flight plan was filed for the personal flight, operated under 14 CFR 91 in visual meteorological conditions, that departed Salt Lake City, Utah, at 1220, September 3, 1993. The private certificated pilot and the three passengers aboard were not injured.  The aircraft was substantially damaged.  There was no fire.         The pilot reported the aircraft veered sharply off the right side of runway 20 during landing roll, impacted a ditch, and nosed over.  The airport tower controller on duty at the time of the accident stated in the initial notification telephone call that dust devils were moving across the airport when the accident occurred.  The pilot wrote in the Pilot/Operator Report that an observer in the FAA Flight Service Station told him that dust from the plane swirled up in a circular motion after the impact and that a pilot who landed just before the accident had observed a dust devil near the runway.       The surface aviation weather observation, taken at the airport at the time of the accident, was recorded as clear skies, visibility 50 miles, temperature 78 degrees F., dew point 37 degrees F., wind 250 degrees at seven knots and altimeter 30.28 inches Hg.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N42708 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182L
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18259153
- Airframe hours: 979
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Call, Dean R.
- Registered owner: Air Resources, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 21, 1992, 81 hours before
- Departed: SLC, SALT LAKE CITY, UT
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: IDA, Idaho Falls, runway 20, 9,001 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 72 total, 64 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: IDA

## 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 19930903039919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930903039919A), Sep 3, 1993: Cessna 182L, Idaho Falls, ID, Substantial damage. Lost control landing. Veered off runway into ditch. Flipped over. Dust devils observed in area. No warning given

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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