- Date
- August 30, 1987, 18:45 local (Aug 31, 1987, 02:45 UTC)
- Place
- Cordova, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N25722Cessna 180F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870830048879A
- Case key
- 4897
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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 wind was blowing from the south at approximately 15 knots gusting 30 knots. As he was turning off the runway, the pilot lost directional control of the aircraft causing the aircraft to ground loop on the taxiway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25722
- Reported as
- Cessna 180F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18051274
- Airframe hours
- 2,154
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Harold Laughlin
- Registered owner
- Harold Laughlin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 21, 1987 · 63 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- CDV · Cordova, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- CDV · Cordova, runway 9, 7,499 × 150 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
- 43
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,100 total · 660 in this make and model · 919 as pilot in command · 63 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 13 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CDV
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 N25722 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.