# NTSB BFO88LA049: Cessna 180, N3173C, Annapolis, MD, May 22, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 22, 1988, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place: Annapolis, MD
- Location: 38.9429° N, 76.5684° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEE (ANP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9429&lon=-76.5684&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 28, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11415
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO88LA049
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11415/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO88LA049

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3173C), registered now, S/N 30972 (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: 30972
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 69; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880522031829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880522031829A), May 22, 1988: Cessna 180, Anapolis, MD, Substantial damage. Pilot lost directional control on rollout. Ground looped off runway and nosed over. Pilot had no medical or bfr.

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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