# NTSB CEN20CA362: Cessna 180, N748P, Lebanon, MO, August 24, 2020 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report - Date: August 24, 2020, 14:54 local (19:54 UTC) - Place: Lebanon, MO - Coordinates: 37.646945, -92.652496 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6469&lon=-92.6525&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: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 101854 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN20CA362 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/101854/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=101854 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA362 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 180A, 15 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072604), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained; cases with it: [Cessna 180A, 15 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2072604), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/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 180A, 16 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072604), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Attempted remediation/recovery](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060); cases with it: [Cessna 180A, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md?model=2072604), [All aircraft, 1,422 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that during landing, just before touchdown, he applied "a small amount of right rudder" to correct for a slight left turn. When the tailwheel touched down following a wheel landing, the airplane began to veer to the right. The pilot applied left brake, which caused the airplane to go to the left. He attempted to correct with right rudder and brake; however, the airplane ground looped to the left, and the right wing, fuselage, and propeller hit the runway resulting in substantial damage to the right wing and fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N748P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N748P-2023-06-28), registration cancelled 2023-06-28, S/N 50335, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 180 (A) - Registry model: [Cessna 180A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180a) (registry code 2072604) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 50335 - Year built: 1958 - Airframe hours: 4042.7 - Engines: Continental O-470 SERIES 275 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, April 24, 2020, 6.9 hours before - Departed: 50F, Fort Worth, TX - Destination: EKM, Elkhart, IN - Airport: LBO, Floyd W Jones Lebanon, runway 36, 5,000 × 75 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Electronic multifunction display ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 75; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: basicmed, without waivers/limitations; last flight review June 4, 2018; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 8,765 total, 14 in this make and model, 8,326 as pilot in command, 59 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Temperature: 14 °F - Altimeter: 30.14 inHg - Observed at: KLBO ## 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 20200824012659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200824012659A), Aug 24, 2020: Cessna 180A, Lebanon, MO, Substantial damage. The pilot was landing a tailwheel aircraft near the threshold of runway 36 at klbo airport. A smooth touchdown was made on the main wheels at approximately 55… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 11, 2021, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=101854. 4.9 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 4.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=10178775&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photos (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 716 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=10179258&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo-Rel.pdf 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. 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