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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 180 · Wenatchee, WA · June 2, 2012

Date
June 2, 2012 · 13:30 local
Place
Wenatchee, WA
Airport
Pangborn Memorial
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3184D
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR12CA245
Reported as
Cessna 180
Reported engine
Continental O-470 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,885 total1,990 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Airman lost control of conventional landing geared aircraft during crosswind takeoff roll. Loss of control resulted in partial groundloop of the aircraft, with the aircraft coming to rest on the prop spinner, on the runway, resulting in a prop strike (propeller damage) and substantial damage to the right wing. Wind as reported on the hourly weather report for the station show a crosswind condition of 40? With winds of 8 knots, gusting to 14 knots. The airman stated she heard roughly the same conditions listening to the ASOS report just prior to takeoff.

As the FAA filed it

AIRMAN LOST CONTROL OF CONVENTIONAL LANDING GEARED AIRCRAFT DURING CROSSWIND TAKEOFF ROLL. LOSS OF CONTROL RESULTED IN PARTIAL GROUNDLOOP OF THE AIRCRAFT, WITH THE AIRCRAFT COMING TO REST ON THE PROP SPINNER, ON THE RUNWAY, RESULTING IN A PROP STRIKE (PROPELLER DAMAGE) AND SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING.WIND AS REPORTED ON THE HOURLY WEATHER REPORT FOR THE STATION SHOW A CROSSWIND CONDITION OF 40? WITH WINDS OF 8 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 14 KNOTS. THE AIRMAN STATED SHE HEARD ROUGHLY THE SAME CONDITIONS LISTENING TO THE ASOS REPORT JUST PRIOR TO TAKEOFF.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.