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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 180 · Prescott, AZ · February 24, 1988

Date
February 24, 1988 · 16:40 local
Place
Prescott, AZ
Airport
Ernest A Love Field
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N26AW
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX88LA115
Reported as
Cessna 180
Reported engine
Continental O470K
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,245 total52 in this make and model135 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.

Aircraft veered off runway into soft dirt and ground looped. Tail steering paw would only steer to the right.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY INTO SOFT DIRT AND GROUND LOOPED. TAIL STEERING PAW WOULD ONLY STEER TO THE RIGHT.

NTSB investigation

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