# Accident 20140615009479A: Cessna 180, Springview, NE, June 15, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2014, 18:15 local time
- Place: Springview, NE
- Airport: Springview Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8200° N, 99.7393° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8200&lon=-99.7393&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1545C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1545C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,499 total, 27 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14CA302](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA302) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140615009479A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 15, 2014, APPROXIMATELY 1815 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 180, N1545C, GROUND LOOPED UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 31 AT SPRINGVIEW MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (9V1),  SPRINGVIEW, NEBRASKA, WHICH IS NOW A PRIVATE LEASED STRIP. THIS WAS A LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATING FROM COLUMBUS (OLU), NEBRASKA AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. WINDS REPORTED AT NEAR BY STUART-ATKINSON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (8V2) ATKINSON, NEBRASKA WERE 260 DEGREES AT 11 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 16 KNOTS. PILOT ACKNOWLEDGED THESE REPORTED WIND DIRECTIONS AND SPEEDS TO BE ACCURATE FOR THE SPRINGVIEW AIRPORT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT REPORTED A BOUNCED LANDING, AFTER THE BOUNCE THE AIRCRAFT WEATHER VANED INTO THE DIRECTION OF THE WIND, WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 50 DEGREES TO THE LEFT. NO FLIGHT CONTROL ACTION WAS TAKEN, AS THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED TO THE RIGHT AND CAME TO REST ON THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF A DAMAGED RIGHT WING TIP, BENT RIGHT WING WHICH CONTACTED THE RIGHT REAR WINDOW AND BROKE IT OUT, DAMAGED RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR ATTACH POINT, AND A BENT PROPELLER. THE PILOT FRACTURED HIS ANKLE IN THE PROCESS OF EXTRICATING HIMSELF FROM THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO ITS AWKWARD POSITION.

## 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 CEN14CA302](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA302), Jun 16, 2014: Cessna 180 (N1545C), Springview, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane while landing in a crosswind. Contributing to the accident was the gusty crosswind.

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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