- Date
- June 21, 2023, 15:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place
- Osceola, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3127CCessna 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
- FAA - DSM FSDO
- FAA report
- 20230621011769A
- Case key
- 192418
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 of the tailwheel equipped airplane during a crosswind landing.
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 during the crosswind landing, the tailwheel equipped airplane touched down about 10 knots too fast, and the tailwheel started to shimmy. The flight instructor assisted the pilot with the controls as the airplane exited the runway into the adjacent grass area. However, the pilot was unable to regain control and the airplane ground looped. According to the flight instructor, the pilot had previously demonstrated proficiency in the airplane. The flight instructor reported that he did not intervene in a timely manner. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3127C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30926
- Built
- 1954
- Airframe hours
- 5,453
- Engine
- Cont Motor O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Chaar LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 15, 2023
- Departed
- KMVN · Mount Vernon, IL
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- I75 · Osceola Muni, runway 36, 4,001 × 75 ft, concrete
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, Electronic flight bag or handheld device
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 17, 2022
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 2,548 total · 19 in this make and model · 948 as pilot in command · 48 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 64
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- BasicMed
- Last flight review
- June 2, 2023
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 3,484 total · 16 in this make and model · 3,331 as pilot in command · 45.1 in the last 90 days · 15.1 in the last 30 days · 4.2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 7 knots, gusting 14
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.04 inHg
- Observed at
- KI75
- METAR
- KI75 211955Z AUTO 06007G14KT 050V110 10SM CLR 31/18 A3004 RMK AO2 T03050183,M
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 5, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 98.8 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.
Other investigations on N3127C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.