- Date
- May 8, 1992, 14:05 local (22:05 UTC)
- Place
- Seldovia, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7751KCessna C-180J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19920508014039A
- Case key
- 5723
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The improper in-flt planning/decision by the pilot to land on a short gravel airstrip in tailwind wx conditions and his failure to correct a gnd loop/swerve during landing roll. Factors relating to the accident were the gusty, tailwind weather conditions.
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 landed on a 2100 ft long gravel strip in gusty, tailwind weather conditions. The acft swerved off the strip during landing roll and impacted trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7751K
- Reported as
- Cessna C-180J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052719
- Airframe hours
- 3,334
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Whitmore, Edward A.
- Registered owner
- Whitmore, Edward A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1991 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- SOV · Seldovia, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SOV · Seldovia, runway 34, 2,100 × 50 ft, gravel
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 290 total · 290 in this make and model · 290 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HOM, 15 nm away
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 N7751K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.