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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 180J · Wausau, WI · August 14, 2012

Date
August 14, 2012 · 11:00 local
Place
Wausau, WI
Airport
Wausau Downtown
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N52187
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN12CA590
Reported as
Cessna 180J
Reported engine
Continental O-470 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
254 total59 in this make and model18 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.

Pilot did not correctly respond to windshift during flare; pilot did not recognize aircraft was drifting right; pilot attempted correction, aircraft left wing lifted and aircraft began turning left (upwind) until it left runway and ground looped, tipping sufficiently to damage right wing and horizontal stabilizer.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DID NOT CORRECTLY RESPOND TO WINDSHIFT DURING FLARE; PILOT DID NOT RECOGNIZE AIRCRAFT WAS DRIFTING RIGHT; PILOT ATTEMPTED CORRECTION, AIRCRAFT LEFT WING LIFTED AND AIRCRAFT BEGAN TURNING LEFT (UPWIND) UNTIL IT LEFT RUNWAY AND GROUND LOOPED, TIPPING SUFFICIENTLY TO DAMAGE RIGHT WING AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.

NTSB investigation

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