38.8939° N, 119.9953° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at LAKE TAHOE (TVL), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
January 13, 1988 · 09:40 local
Place
South Lake Taho, CA
Airport
Lake Tahoe
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2969A
Reported as
Cessna 180
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
88 total33 in this make and model33 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Lost directional control on landing rollout. Ground looped. Veered left off runway and nosed over in snowbank.
As the FAA filed it
LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON LANDING ROLLOUT. GROUND LOOPED. VEERED LEFT OFF RUNWAY AND NOSED OVER IN SNOWBANK.