19790526015889A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 180 · Las Cruces, NM · May 26, 1979

Date
May 26, 1979 · 10:00 local
Place
Las Cruces, NM
Airport
Crawford
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9004C
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN79DQD10
Reported as
Cessna 180
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,037 total202 in this make and model74 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot checkout in conventional geared airplane resulted in ground loop and crash.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT CHECKOUT IN CONVENTIONAL GEARED AIRPLANE RESULTED IN GROUND LOOP AND CRASH.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

Other reports on N9004C · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.