- Date
- May 12, 1995, 15:49 local (20:49 UTC)
- Place
- Orr, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9336CCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 24, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950512011739A
- Case key
- 10053
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Probable cause
the pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind weather condition. A factor was the crosswind.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The operator of the airplane reported in a telephone interview that the flight was conducted as part of a year long contract with the Minnesota department of natural resources to fly fire detection flights. In his written statement, the pilot reported the winds were from 170 degrees at 11 gusting to 16 knots. He was making a 'normal' crosswind approach for a wheel landing on runway 13. As he passed the wind sock, 'it stood straight out.' He felt the airplane swerve to the right 'mostly out of control.' The left main tire collapsed and the wheel dug into the soft surface at the side of the runway. He reported that the airplane was nearly stopped when it nosed over on the left wing and stabilizer.
Factual narrative
On May 12, 1995, at 1549 central daylight time, a Cessna 180, N9336C, sustained substantial damage during landing in Orr, Minnesota. The flight was a scheduled fire detection flight for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. The commercial pilot reported no injuries. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight originated in Orr, Minnesota, about 1400. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed.
The operator of the airplane reported in a telephone interview that the flight was conducted as part of a year long contract with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to fly fire detection flights.
In his written statement, the pilot reported the winds were from 170 degrees at 11 gusting to 16 knots. He was making a "normal" crosswind approach for a wheel landing on runway 13. As he passed the wind sock, "it stood straight out." He felt the airplane swerve to the right "mostly out of control." The left main tire collapsed and the wheel dug into the soft surface at the side of the runway. He reported that the airplane was nearly stopped when it nosed over on the left wing and stabilizer.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9336C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31734
- Engine
- Continental O-470-J, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Public aircraft · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lynn Larson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- ORB · Orr Regional, runway 13, 4,000 × 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
- 66
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,886 total · 313 in this make and model · 1,886 as pilot in command · 64 in the last 90 days · 52 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 9 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORB
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 N9336C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.