Cessna 182F N3455U

Summary

On 11 February 2003 at about 21:15 local time, a Cessna 182F registered N3455U was involved in an accident near Estherville, Iowa, United States. 2 people were 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.

Date

11 February 2003 at 21:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Estherville, Iowa, United States

Nearest airport

Estherville Municipal Airport (EST)

Coordinates

43.4072, -94.7464

Aircraft

Cessna 182F

Registration

N3455U

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Osage → Estherville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI03LA068

Nobody was injured.

The pilot failed to maintain adequate control of the airplane while taxiing in high wind conditions. A factor was the high winds.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane sustained substantial damage when it nosed over while taxiing during high wind conditions. The winds recorded about 22 miles northeast of the airport were 330 degrees at 40 knots. The pilot reported he landed safely and began taxiing slowly toward a hangar while applying "full wind correction" of the flight controls. He taxied onto the grass so that he could taxi to the hangar with a quartering headwind. He reported there was snow on the grass and the "wind was making us skid a little," and about "100 feet from the runway we slowly went up on our nose causing a prop strike," and "then we went over."

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.