- Date
- September 1, 2021, 13:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place
- Dunseith, ND · on airport
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- C-FMFTCessna 180
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: 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
- Flight Standards District Office
- Case key
- 103792
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during an attempted go-around with a strong gusting crosswind.
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 while practicing touch and go landings, the airplane touched down and starting drifting left toward the edge of the runway. The pilot applied full power to go around, but the airplane exited the left side of the runway and impacted the ground. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and both wings. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failure with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. At the time of the accident, the pilot was landing the airplane on runway 11 with wind 190o at 20 knots, gusting to 30 knots. Following the accident, the pilot reported he should have diverted to another airport due to the high crosswind conditions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- C-FMFT
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 50788
- Built
- 1960
- Airframe hours
- 4,813
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 22, 2021 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- JMS · Jamestown, ND
- Destination
- S28 · Dunseith, ND
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- S28 · Intl Peace Garden, runway 11, 3,006 × 60 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic primary flight display, ADS-B, Stall warning system
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- November 15, 2019
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 536 total · 453 in this make and model · 443 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 24 knots, gusting 38
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.82 inHg
- Observed at
- K06D, 18 nm away
- METAR
- K06D 011915Z AUTO 16024G38KT 10SM CLR 25/13 A2982 RMK AO2
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 16, 2021, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.3 MB in all.