- Date
- December 30, 1985, 10:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place
- Hibbing, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N180HSCessna 180J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851230065599A
- Case key
- 13401
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswind
Compensation for wind conditions - poorCause
Wind information - not obtainedCause
On ground/water collision with object
Nose over
Analysis
The plt landing in a direct 90 deg x-wind, lost directional control, struck a snowbank and nosed over inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N180HS
- Reported as
- Cessna 180J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052597
- Airframe hours
- 3,001
- Engine
- Continental O-47OU, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Scotty'S, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 29, 1985 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- DLH · Duluth, MN
- Destination
- HIB · Hibbing, MN
- Airport
- HIB · Chilsolm-Hibbing, runway 31, 6,500 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 458 total · 105 in this make and model · 428 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 5 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HIB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.