# NTSB CHI86LA059: Cessna 180J, N180HS, Hibbing, MN, December 30, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 30, 1985, 10:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place: Hibbing, MN
- Coordinates: 47.540634, -92.859542 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5406&lon=-92.8595&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): 13401
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86LA059
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13401/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86LA059

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind
  - compensation for wind conditions - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - wind information - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PLT LANDING IN A DIRECT 90 DEG X-WIND, LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, STRUCK A SNOWBANK AND NOSED OVER INVERTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N180HS](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N180HS), registered now, S/N 18052597, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180J
- Registry model: [Cessna 180J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180j) (registry code 2072622) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18052597
- Airframe hours: 3001
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19851230065599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851230065599A), Dec 30, 1985: Cessna 180J, Hibbing, MN, Substantial damage. Landed with wind 20 degrees aft of the left wing. Veered off side of snow covered runway, hit snowbank, nosed over.

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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