- Date
- January 2, 1987, 16:11 local (21:11 UTC)
- Place
- Wadsworth, OH
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3296DCessna 180
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870102000749A
- Case key
- 7223
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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 airplane reportedly completed an NDB appch to rwy 02. The plt reported that he circled the rwy twice after arriving at the arpt to check the rwy condition. He subsequently landed on rwy 20 where he 'impacted something on runway or hit air pocket, did not know'. He then 'added power to maintain control of (acft).' From that point on he was unable to remember the remaining events. A witness reported seeing the acft descend nose-down almost vertically from less than 100 ft AGL, and subsequently impact the ground. The point of impact was approx 2000 ft of the departure end of rwy 20.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3296D
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 459345J
- Airframe hours
- 3,584
- Engine
- Continental O-470 R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dane H Jorgensen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 8, 1986 · 36 hours before
- Departed
- SVH · Statesville, NC
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 3G3 · Wadsworth Muni, runway 2, 3,535 × 75 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 571 total · 319 in this make and model · 319 as pilot in command · 79 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLE, 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.