# Accident 19950409007349A: Cessna 180B, Sanger, TX, April 9, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 1995, 18:00 local time
- Place: Sanger, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3607° N, 97.1699° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3607&lon=-97.1699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5181E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5181E-1997-09-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180B (registry code 2072606, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180B
- Reported engine: CONT O470K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 81 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW95FA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95FA158) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950409007349A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

OBSERVED LOW LEVEL ROLLS AND STEEP TURNS. NOSED INTO NEAR VERTICAL IMPACT WITH GROUND FROM INVERTED FLIGHT. (.19) ON APRIL 9, 1995, AT 1800 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 180B, N5181E, WAS DESTROYED DURING MANEUVERING FLIGHT NEAR SANGER, TEXAS. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT RATED PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE PERSONAL CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM BAR VK AIR RANCH ESTATES TO NORTHWEST REGIONAL AIRPORT IN ROANOKE, TEXAS. ONE WITNESS REPORTED TEH AIRPLANE "DID A WIND OVER", AND THEN ENTERED A VERTICAL DESCENT. ANOTHER WITNESS OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE, AT 200 TO 300 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL, ENTER A STEEP RIGHT TURN, COME OUT OF THE TURN "FLYING UPSIDE DOWN", AND THEN "NOSE STRAIGHT DOWN AND PLOW INTO THE GROUND."

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW95FA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95FA158), Apr 9, 1995: Cessna 180B (N5181E), Sanger, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S PERFORMANCE OF A LOW ALTITUDE MANEUVER AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRCRAFT CONTROL. A FACTOR WAS THE GUSTY WIND.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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