# NTSB CEN09LA036: Cessna 180, N1846Z, Justin, TX, October 26, 2008 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: October 26, 2008, 14:25 local (19:25 UTC) - Place: Justin, TX - Coordinates: 33.134166, -97.298057 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1342&lon=-97.2981&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report June 11, 2009 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA Flight Standards District Office - NTSB case key (mKey): 69358 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN09LA036 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69358/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA036 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 180K, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000/cases.md?model=2072624), [All aircraft, 1,269 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 180K, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072624), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 180K, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072624), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Cessna 180K, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=2072624), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md) ## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1846Z), registered now, S/N 180-52968, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 180 (K) - Registry model: [Cessna 180K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180k) (registry code 2072624) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 180-52968 - Airframe hours: 10263 - Engines: 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 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 71; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20081026851299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081026851299A), Oct 26, 2008: Cessna 180K, Justin, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) On October 26, 2008, at approximately 1425 local, N1846Z, a Cessna CE-180K aircraft, suffered substantial damage during landing at Clark field (3T6) a… ## Other investigations on N1846Z (1) 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. - [NTSB DEN89LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89LA139), Jun 17, 1989: Cessna 180K (N1846Z), Bullfrog, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT FAILED TO COMPENSATE FOR WIND CONDITIONS DURING THE LANDING ROLL. THE CROSSWIND WAS CONSIDERED AS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR. AN UNDERLYING FACTOR TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S LACK OF… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.