# Accident 20020609010579A: Cessna 180, Columbia, CA, June 9, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2002, 14:15 local time
- Place: Columbia, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1106° N, 120.3805° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1106&lon=-120.3805&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2228C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2228C-2013-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX02LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA193) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020609010579A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 9, 2002 AT 1415 PDT, WHILE LANDING AT COLUMBIA AIRPORT, COLUMBIA, CA (O22) THE PRIVATE PILOT LANDED (CESSNA 180, N2228C) ON RUNWAY 35 WITH A CROSS WIND FROM 290 @ 8-15 KNOTS AS HE REPORTED. THE LEFT WING CAME UP AND OVER THE REST OF THE AIRPLANE AND ENDED UPSIDE DOWN WITH THE TAIL JUST TOUCHING THE GROUND. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND NO OTHER AIRCRAFT WERE INVOLVED. THE WING CAME UP AND OVER WHILE THE AIRPLANE WAS AT A LOW SPEED. VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. (.19) ON JUNE 9, 2002, ABOUT 1415 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 180, N2228C, GROUND LOOPED AND OVERTURNED DURING LANDING AT COLUMBIA AIRPORT (O22) IN COLUMBIA, CALIFORNIA. THE PILOT/OWNER WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED; THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PERSONAL CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT DEPARTED PALO ALTO AIRPORT (PAO) IN PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA, AT 1327, AND HEADED TO COLUMBIA AIRPORT WHERE THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. DAY VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WITNESSED TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT LANDING ON RUNWAY 35,                     SO HE ALSO LANDED ON RUNWAY 35. THE AWOS AT COLUMBIA AIRPORT REPORTED THE WINDS TO BE 290 DEGREES AT 8 KNOTS GUSTING TO 15. HE HAD A THREE-POINT LANDING AND WAS COMING TO A STOP WHEN A SUDDEN BURST OF WIND LIFTED THE LEFT WING AND THE TAIL OFF OF THE GROUND, SWINGING THE TAIL TO THE RIGHT. THE TAIL CONTINUED TO LIFT UNTIL THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED OVER. THE PILOT HAD ABOUT 200 TAIL WHEEL LANDINGS, AND THE MAJORITY WERE CROSSWIND LANDINGS.

## 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 LAX02LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA193), Jun 9, 2002: Cessna 180 (N2228C), Columbia, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot encountered a crosswind gust during the landing roll, resulting in a ground loop and nose over.

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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