# NTSB investigations: Cessna 180B: Loss of control - on ground/water

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB SEA03LA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA032.md): Cessna 180 B · Klamath Falls, OR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 2, 2003 · N59180 · Substantial damage
  > Failure to adequately compensate for wind conditions while landing.
- [NTSB CHI91LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91LA163.md): Cessna 180 · Devils Lake, ND · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 26, 1991 · N115F · Substantial damage
  > Directional control not maintained by the pilot. A factor related to the accident was a crosswind condition.
- [NTSB DEN90LA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90LA160.md): Cessna 180B · Akron, CO · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 12, 1990 · N59KM · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to correct a swerve during landing roll. A factor was wind gusts.
- [NTSB ANC90LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90LA041.md): Cessna 180 · Iliamna, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 22, 1990 · N5222E · Substantial damage
  > The pilot failed to maintain directional control during landing. Contributing factors were the rough terrain, and the pilot's lack of total and recent experience in that model airplane.
- [NTSB FTW89LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89LA046.md): Cessna 180B · Nocona, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 31, 1989 · N59KM · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's disregard of the aircraft performance data/operational limitations by landing in excess of the crosswind capability of the aircraft, and the resultant loss of directional control during the landing roll.
- [NTSB LAX88LA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA171.md): Cessna 180B · Quincy, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 1, 1988 · N5104E · Substantial damage
  > At the end of a pleasure flight, while in the traffic pattern, the pilot noted that the winds were light and variable. While on final approach, a correction for drift was made. During the landing roll, in gusting conditions, the pilot lost control of the…
- [NTSB ANC87LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC87LA041.md): Cessna 180B · Palmer, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 28, 1987 · N9141T · Substantial damage
  > The pilot lost directional control while landing his tail wheel airplane in a crosswind. The pilot stated that a gust of wind lifted the right wing and he was unable to prevent the left wing from contacting the runway. The airplane eventually came to rest on…
- [NTSB LAX85LA382](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA382.md): Cessna 180B · Placerville, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 5, 1985 · N1895X · Substantial damage
  > Acft ran off the rwy after landing. Plt reported acft veered to the left off the rwy and was able to correct back after application of power. Winds were variable at 7 KTS gusting to 12 KTS.
- [NTSB DEN83LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA128.md): Cessna 180B · Decker, MT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 28, 1983 · N5259E · Substantial damage
  > The tailwheel acft groundlooped on takeoff as the tail came up and the acft swerved sharply to the left. During the turn at about 40 mph the acft nosed over. The pilot noticed a pulling to the left as the takeoff roll commenced but thought he could contain it…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2072606')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 260))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2072606&occurrence=260

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