# NTSB ATL87DEI01: Cessna 180, N3296D, Wadsworth, OH, January 2, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: January 2, 1987, 16:11 local (21:11 UTC)
- Place: Wadsworth, OH
- Coordinates: 41.019596, -81.730247 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0196&lon=-81.7302&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 3 serious
- Status: Completed, report May 9, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7223
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL87DEI01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7223/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87DEI01

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3296D-2012-10-02), registration cancelled 2012-10-02, S/N 32094, built 1955 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 459345J
- Airframe hours: 3584
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870102000749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870102000749A), Jan 2, 1987: Cessna 180, Wadsworth, OH, Substantial damage. The aircraft impacted the ground during IFR weather conditions. Suspect pilot stalled aircraft during go around.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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