- Date
- March 29, 2013, 15:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Roswell, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7714ACessna 180
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 4, 2013
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20130329004439A
- Case key
- 86622
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control on the landing roll after encountering a gust of wind, which resulted in a ground loop.
Findings · 3
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 he encountered a gust of wind during the landing roll, and the tailwheel-equipped airplane ground looped. The left wing, left horizontal stabilizer, and the left elevator were substantially damaged. The pilot reported there were no mechanical deficiencies that would have precluded normal operation of the airplane or engine.
Factual narrative
The pilot said he encountered a gust of wind during the landing roll out and the tail wheel-equipped airplane ground-looped. The left wing, left horizontal stabilizer, and the left elevator were substantially damaged. The pilot reported there were no mechanical deficiencies that would have precluded normal operation of the airplane or engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7714A
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32611
- Airframe hours
- 3,608.9
- Engine
- Cont Motor O-470 SERIES, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David M Stevens Attorney At Law Pc
- Registered owner
- David M Stevens Attorney At Law Pc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 16, 2012
- Departed
- KPBG · Big Spring, TX
- Destination
- ROW · Roswell, NM
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- ROW · Roswell, runway 35
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
- 58
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 3, 2011
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 841 total · 584 in this make and model · 800 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 4 knots
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.01 inHg
- Observed at
- ROW
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 30, 2013, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 579 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.