- Date
- October 26, 2008, 14:25 local (19:25 UTC)
- Place
- Justin, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1846ZCessna 180
- Defining event
- Landing: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 2009
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA Flight Standards District Office
- FAA report
- 20081026851299A
- Case key
- 69358
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during landing.
Findings · 2
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 pilot said, "Upon landing, the nose of the airplane pitched down, making the airplane uncontrollable and [it] tipped on its back." He also wrote that he didn't know why the airplane pitched down. He told an Federal Aviation Administration inspector that he just "lost it." A postaccident inspection revealed no preimpact anomalies.
Factual narrative
On October 26, 2008, approximately 1425 central daylight time, a Cessna 180K, N1846Z, registered to and piloted by an airline transport certificated pilot, was substantially damaged when the airplane nosed over and impacted terrain during landing at Clark Airport (3T6), Justin, Texas. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight was being conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 without a flight plan. The pilot, the sole occupant on board, was not injured. The local flight originated at an undetermined time. In his accident report the pilot wrote, "Upon landing, the nose of the airplane pitched down, making the airplane uncontrollable and [it] tipped on its back." The pilot also wrote that he didn't know why the airplane pitched down. He told an FAA inspector that he just "lost it." FAA post-accident inspection revealed no anomalies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1846Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 180 (K)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 180-52968
- Airframe hours
- 10,263
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dale W. Hendrickson
- Registered owner
- Dale W. Hendrickson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 2007 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- XA48 · Munster, TX
- Destination
- 3T6 · Justin, TX
- Airport
- 3T6 · Clark Airport, runway 18, 1,800 × 75 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
- 71
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- March 26, 2008
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 22,000 total · 180 in this make and model · 20,000 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 216° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.15 inHg
- Observed at
- DTO, 6 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 N1846Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.