- Date
- September 7, 2009, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Canby, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1250WCessna 180G
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 2009
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA-MSP-FSDO
- FAA report
- 20090907049379A
- Case key
- 74667
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane while landing in gusting crosswinds.
Findings · 4
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The airplane encountered a gust of wind from the south/southeast while landing on Runway 12. The left wing struck the runway and the airplane veered off the left side of the runway where the right wing struck the ground and the airplane came to rest. The pilot reported that the automated weather reporting system reported winds from 150 degrees at 12 knots. Approximately 1 hour prior to the accident, the closest weather reporting station, located about 45 miles northwest of the accident airport, reported winds from 160 degrees at 14 knots gusting to 25 knots.
Factual narrative
The airplane encountered a gust of wind from the south/southeast while landing on runway 12. The left wing struck the runway and the airplane veered off the left side of the runway where the right wing struck the ground and the airplane came to rest. The pilot reported the automated weather reporting system (AWOS) was reporting winds from 150 degrees at 12 knots. Approximately 1 hour prior to the accident, the closest weather reporting station located about 45 miles northwest of the accident airport was reporting winds from 160 degrees at 14 knots gusting to 25 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1250W
- Reported as
- Cessna 180G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18051249
- Airframe hours
- 2,698
- Engine
- Cont Motor O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Scherff Lewis H
- Registered owner
- Scherff Lewis H
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 12, 2008 · 86 hours before
- Departed
- CUT · Custer, SD
- Destination
- CNB · Canby, MN
- Airport
- CNB · Myers Field Airport, runway 12, 4,400 × 75 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
- 62
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 9, 2008
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 984 total · 526 in this make and model · 37 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 14 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.04 inHg
- Observed at
- ATY, 45 nm away
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 1, 2009, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 573 KB in all.
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 N1250W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.