# Accident 20110126000419A: Cessna 180H, Helena, MT, January 26, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 2011, 12:07 local time
- Place: Helena, MT
- Airport: Helena Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: W8LM
- Location: 46.6069° N, 111.9828° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.6069&lon=-111.9828&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9067M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9067M-2014-11-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180H (registry code 2072618, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180H
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 9,650 total, 115 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11CA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA109) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110126000419A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 WPR11CA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA109), Jan 26, 2011: Cessna 180H (N9067M), Helena, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The certified flight instructor's loss of airplane control during the landing roll in a gusting crosswind.

## Other reports on N9067M (1)

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

- [Incident 19980819035819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980819035819I), Aug 19, 1998: Cessna 180H (N9067M), Missoula, MT. (-5)The PIC stated that a newly checked-out pilot was flying the aircraft. Two takeoffs were aborted off the left side of the runway. During the second abort,…

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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