20110126000419A

On January 26, 2011 at approximately 1207 MST 1907 zulu, certificated flight instructor was providing tail wheel transition instruction in a Cessna aircraft company model 180H, when it departed the right side of runway 16 at hln and flipped upside down. The certificated flight instructor had over 9600 hours of total flight time, of which 140 hours was in tail wheel aircraft. The ATP rated student had over 7800 hours total flight time. The CFI was in the right seat conducting the training. The reported winds, at the time of the accident, were 260 at 9 knots, gusting to 17. CFI stated he was on the controls, to demo a crosswind wheel landing. During the landing roll out, as the tail of the aircraft was starting to come down, the right wing began to rise. The CFI applied right aileron to counter the rising right wing and applied left brake in an attempt to maintain runway alignment, but the wing continued to rise until the left wing struck the ground. The left wing scrapped the runway surface for approximately 192 feet. The aircraft exited the runway on the right side of runway 16, where it flipped over and came to rest upside down just off the runway. No one was injured and the aircraft was substantially damaged.