# Accident 20151019017399A: Cessna 180H, Sioux Falls, SD, October 19, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 2015, 16:15 local time
- Place: Sioux Falls, SD
- Airport: Joe Foss Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5767° N, 96.7356° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5767&lon=-96.7356&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9780G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9780G) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 600 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151019017399A

## Narrative

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

ON HIS APPROACH TO FSD THE PILOT STATED HE WAS DIRECTED BY FSD ATC TO LAND RUNWAY 33. HE STATED THERE WAS 20 KNOT WINDS AT 230 DEGREES AND ON LANDING A GUST OF WIND CAUSED HIM TO GROUND  LOOP THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT RECIEVED DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING TIP, RIGHT AILERON,  THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL ASSY.

## 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 GAA16CA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA022), Oct 19, 2015: Cessna 180H (N9780G), Sioux Falls, SD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to land with a 20 knot direct cross wind, which resulted in a loss of directional control and the right wing impacting terrain and a subsequent ground loop.

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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