Plane Crash List

Cessna 172G N3862L

18 June 1983 · La Porte City, Iowa, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 18 June 1983 at about 21:30 local time, a Cessna 172G registered N3862L was involved in an accident near La Porte City, Iowa, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 21:30
Classification
Accident
Location
La Porte City, Iowa, United States
Nearest airport
Nichols (6C8)
Coordinates
42.3102, -92.1903
Aircraft
Cessna 172G
Registration
N3862L
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Kirksville → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
MKC83LA229

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
4 0 0 0 4

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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