- Date
- April 3, 2021, 11:13 local (16:13 UTC)
- Place
- Delavan, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1522CCessna 180
- Defining event
- Landing: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20210403005829A
- Case key
- 102875
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during the landing roll with gusting crosswinds, which resulted in his excessive brake input and a subsequent nose over.
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 reported that he was landing on his private grass strip in gusting crosswind conditions, when he noted the landing roll extended longer than he expected. As he approached the end of the runway, he got on the brakes “too hard” and the airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings, both wing struts, and the vertical stabilizer. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot reported that he should have been less aggressive on the brakes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1522C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30222
- Built
- 1953
- Airframe hours
- 3,769
- Engine
- Continental O-470-J, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hansen Robert C
- Registered owner
- Hansen Robert C
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 2020
- Departed
- JVL · Janesville, WI
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- pvt · Private, runway 18, 1,600 × 60 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Auto-pilot
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
- 80
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- BasicMed, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- August 16, 2019
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 2,627 total · 349 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 15 knots, gusting 21
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.07 inHg
- Observed at
- KJVL, 17 nm away
- METAR
- KJVL 031545Z 24015G21KT 10SM CLR 15/M01 A3007
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 12, 2021, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 11.0 MB 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.