- Date
- July 5, 1992, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Sanford, ME
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1607CCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920705056219A
- Case key
- 11809
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind 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 reported that during the landing, he encountered a left crosswind gust, and he lost direction control. The pilot said as he was attempting to regain control when the wind raised the left wing, swerving the airplane to the left. The pilot stated the airplane ground looped to the left, damaging the right wing spar and the propeller. The pilot reported there were no airplane mechanical malfunctions prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1607C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30307
- Airframe hours
- 4,500
- Engine
- Lycoming O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- George Anderson
- Registered owner
- George Anderson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1992 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- SFM
- Airport
- SFM · Sanford Municipal Airport, runway 25, 6,000 × 100 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
- 32
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 908 total · 182 in this make and model · 787 as pilot in command · 85 in the last 90 days · 51 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SFM, 1 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 N1607C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.