- Date
- May 22, 1988, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Annapolis, MD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3173CCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880522031829A
- Case key
- 11415
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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
During the landing rollout the aircraft drifted to the left. The left main wheel departed the pavement and encountered soft terrain. The aircraft groundlooped and nosed over. The pilot did not file an accident report.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3173C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30972
- Engine
- Continental O-470-J, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aubrey Patterson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ANP
- Airport
- ANP · Lee, runway 30, 2,450 × 50 ft, concrete
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
- 69
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 17 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.