- Date
- February 28, 1987, 17:24 local (21:24 UTC)
- Place
- Palmer, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9141TCessna 180B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870228003709A
- Case key
- 4825
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
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 the runway on its nose and left wingtip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9141T
- Reported as
- Cessna 180B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 50641
- Airframe hours
- 4,067
- Engine
- Continental O-470K, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David L. Mountjoy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1986 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- PAQ · Palmer Municipal, runway 15, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 100 total · 38 in this make and model · 45 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 23 °F, dew point 7 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PAQ
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9141T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.