# NTSB CHI83LA382: Cessna 180, N68668, Frankfort, IN, August 13, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 13, 1983, 12:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place: Frankfort, IN
- Coordinates: 40.280597, -86.510597 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2806&lon=-86.5106&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12309
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA382
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12309/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA382

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - lift-off - inadvertent, pilot in command
  - recovery from bounced landing - initiated, pilot in command
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear - overload

## Analysis

THE PURPOSE OF THE FLT WAS TO TRANSPORT 3 STUDENT PARACHUTE JUMPERS. AFTER THE JUMPERS EGRESSED, THE PLT & JUMPMASTER RETURNED TO THE ARPT. DURING THE LANDING, THE ACFT HIT A RIDGE ON THE GRASS RWY & BOUNCED IN THE AIR. THE ACFT THEN TOUCHED DOWN IN A CRAB, SLID SIDEWAYS & THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. ACCORDING TO THE PLT, THE WIND WAS FROM THE NORTHEAST AT 5 GUSTING 10 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N68668 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 32088
- Airframe hours: 4733
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-J 225 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Other work use, Part 91
- Registered owner: Mark H. Schlatter
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 7, 1983, 45 hours before
- Airport: FKR, Frankfort Muni, runway 3, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 22; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 347 total, 21 in this make and model, 222 as pilot in command, 103 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 45° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: LAF, 22 nm away

## 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 19830813040949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830813040949A), Aug 13, 1983: Cessna 180, Frankfort, IN, Substantial damage. Pilot made hard landing collapsing left landing gear after returning from parachute drop.

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.

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