- Date
- August 6, 1991, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Walker, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1637CCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910806032659A
- Case key
- 15151
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Probable cause
Directional control after landing was not maintained by the pilot. Factors related to the accident were a gusty crosswind and a downhill embankment (ditch).
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 attempting to land in a gusty crosswind, directional control was not maintained. The aircraft careened down an embankment resulting in substantial gear and wing damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1637C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30337
- Airframe hours
- 2,300
- Engine
- Continental O-470-A, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Slater Airman, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · July 1, 1991 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- Slater, IA
- Airport
- Y49 · Walker, runway 14, 2,803 × 75 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 860 total · 800 in this make and model · 15 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.