- Date
- October 8, 1966
- Place
- La Salle, MI · LA SALLE, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9115CCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report January 12, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120864
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3323 66/10/8 LA SALLE MICH CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 600 TIME - 1630 N9115C PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOLL BROTHERS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAXI: FROM LANDING COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 60 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 25 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTS TO 25 KTS CAUSED TAIL WHEEL TO CONTACT MUDDY AREA ON RUNWAY.BUCKLED TAIL CONE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9115C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Soll Brothers
N9115CRegistration cancelled Jul 29, 2013 · Cessna 180Airframe modelCessna 180Engine modelContinental O-470 series
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Other investigations on N9115C · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB SEA07LA063Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBellingham, WAThe loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. Contributing factors were the lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing, and the trees.NTSB SEA98LA167Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAnaconda, MTA ground-loop resulting from the pilot's inadequate remedial action while attempting to correct for an inadvertent loss of directional control during the landing roll. Factors include the loss of directional control and attempting to land with a tailwind.NTSB SEA95LA113Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPhillipsburg, MTThe failure of the dual student to maintain directional control during the bounced landing, and the failure of the certified flight instructor to take adequate remedial action and recover from the loss of directional control. A factor contributing to the…