- Date
- May 26, 1991, 08:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Devils Lake, ND
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N115FCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910526017349A
- Case key
- 15070
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Probable cause
Directional control not maintained by the pilot. A factor related to the accident was a crosswind condition.
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 while landing, in a light right crosswind, his left foot slipped off the rudder pedal. A loss of directional control resulted which ended up in a ground loop. The acft sustained substantial damage to the left wing, lower cabin area and propeller.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N115F
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 50495
- Engine
- Continental O-470-K, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Blosberg, John K.
- Registered owner
- Blosberg, John K.
- Airport
- DVL · Devils Lake, runway 13, 5,500 × 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 284 total · 185 in this make and model · 219 as pilot in command · 76 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N115F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.