# NTSB CHI91LA163: Cessna 180, N115F, Devils Lake, ND, May 26, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 26, 1991, 08:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place: Devils Lake, ND
- Coordinates: 48.109523, -98.870109 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1095&lon=-98.8701&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 4, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 15070
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI91LA163
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/15070/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91LA163

## Probable cause

DIRECTIONAL CONTROL NOT MAINTAINED BY THE PILOT.  A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS A CROSSWIND CONDITION.

## 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 (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N115F-2012-06-07), registration cancelled 2012-06-07, S/N 50495, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180b) (registry code 2072606) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 50495
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19910526017349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910526017349A), May 26, 1991: Cessna 180, Devils Lake, ND, Substantial damage. Ground looped on landing. Pilot reported his foot slipped off rudder pedal. Also a right quartering crosswind.

## Other investigations on N115F (1)

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.

- [NTSB ANC95FA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC95FA044), Apr 15, 1995: Cessna 180B (N115F), Cantwell, AK, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO IMC CONDITIONS. WEATHER CONDITIONS CONSISTING OF LOW CEILINGS AND TURBULENCE WERE FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT.

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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