Plane Crash List

Cessna 182R N2739C

28 May 1989 · Tutwiler, Mississippi, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 28 May 1989 at about 23:00 local time, a Cessna 182R registered N2739C, operated by Sims, R. Douglas, was involved in an accident near Tutwiler, Mississippi, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 23:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Tutwiler, Mississippi, United States
Coordinates
34.0096, -90.4208
Aircraft
Cessna 182R
Registration
N2739C
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Sims, R. Douglas
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Dallas → Tutwiler
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
MIA89LA161

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO AN ENCOUNTER WITH A DUST DEVIL WHILE ON THE GROUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

AFTER OBSERVING A LIMP WINDSOCK, THE PLT LANDED ON THE GRAVEL COVERED AG STRIP. UPON TOUCHDOWN, A GUST OF WIND STRUCK THE ACFT & BEGAN DRIFTING IT OFF THE RWY. HE ATTEMPTED TO REGAIN CONTROL BY APPLYING RT BRAKE, RUDDER & ATTEMPTED TO GO-AROUND. HE STATED THAT HE HAD NO BRAKING ACTION DUE TO THE LOOSE GRAVEL & APPLIED FULL POWER, BUT THE GEAR STRUCK A DITCH & THE ACFT NOSED OVER. AN AG PLT STANDING NEARBY, STATED THAT A DUST DEVEL CAUGHT THE ACFT. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE HAD OBSERVED NUMEROUS DUST DEVILS IN THE AREA ALL AFTERNOON. AS THE TWO PLTS DROVE AWAY FROM THE CRASH SITE, THEY OBSERVED ANOTHER DUST DEVIL PASS OVER THE AIRSTRIP.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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