# Accident 20120415005679A: Cessna 180F, Mccall, ID, April 15, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2012, 16:00 local time
- Place: Mccall, ID
- Airport: Mc Call Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8892° N, 116.1019° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8892&lon=-116.1019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2157Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2157Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180F (registry code 2072614, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,977 total, 1,678 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12CA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA170) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120415005679A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED IN CROSSWIND/DOWNWIND CONDITIONS, FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, THEN GROUND LOOPED THE AIRCRAFT WHEN IT DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 WPR12CA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA170), Apr 15, 2012: Cessna 180F (N2157Z), McCall, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot did not maintain directional control during the landing roll.

## Other reports on N2157Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19730711019269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730711019269A), Jul 11, 1973: Cessna 180F (N2157Z), Big Bear Cy, CA, Substantial damage

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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