# Accident 19981203032849A: Cessna 180, Springdale, AR, December 3, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 1998, 16:58 local time
- Place: Springdale, AR
- Airport: Springdale Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1794° N, 94.1398° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1794&lon=-94.1398&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1774C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1774C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW99LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981203032849A

## Narrative

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

ACFT LEFT WHEEL LOCKED UP ON LANDING, AND THE ACFT FLIPPED OVER. (-23) DURING LANDING ROLL ON RUNWAY 18 AT ASG, DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOST. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, DIGGING THE OUTBOARD SIDE OF THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL INTO THE DIRT. THE RIGHT WING TIP CONTACTED THE GROUND, DAMAGING THE WING TIP AND THE AILERON. THE AIRCRAFT THEN FLIPPED OVER, LANDING HARD ON THE TOP OF THE LEFT WING, COLLAPSING THE LEFT HAND LIFT STRUT, AND BENDING OVER THE TIP OF THE VERTICAL STABILIZER AND RUDDER. THE PROPELLER BLADE TIPS WERE CURLED, AND THE SPINNER WAS CRUSHED AS THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. THE PILOT, HIS WIFE, AND THEIR FIVE MONTH OLD BABY ESCAPED WITH MINOR INJURIES.(SHOULDER HARNESSES WERE INSTALLED IN THE FRONT SEAT, AND THE BABY WAS IN A CHILD RESTRAINT DEVICE WHICH RESTRAINED THE CHILD IN THE REAR SEAT DURING THE ENTIRE MISHAP). THE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS FOUND TO BE OPERATIONAL AND IN GOOD REPAIR.

## 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 FTW99LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA043), Dec 3, 1998: Cessna 180 (N1774C), Springdale, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing resulting in a ground loop. A factor was the pilot's improper landing flare.

## Other reports on N1774C (1)

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

- [Accident 20000801040029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000801040029A), Aug 1, 2000: Cessna 180 (N1774C), Jeffersonville, IN, No damage. (-23) On 8/12/2000, charles richard kinslow, departed bowman field (lou) for Clark County Airport (jvy) to practice landings in a Cessna 180. While attempting…

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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