- Date
- May 19, 1991, 10:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place
- Scottsbluff, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N66266Cessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910519016549A
- Case key
- 15067
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during the landing roll. Factors related to the accident were a crosswind condition and lack of total experience in type of aircraft by the pilot.
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.
Analysis
The pilot said that after completing two touch and goes, to a full stop, he lost directional control on the third landing. A ground loop ensued which substantially damaged the airplane. The pilot was landing in a 30 degree crosswind. The pilot had logged 1.7 hours solo time in the tail wheel aircraft prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66266
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052932
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John K. Sorensen
- Airport
- BFF · Heilig, runway 12, 8,000 × 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 266 total · 13 in this make and model · 209 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- BFF, 1 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.