- Date
- May 26, 1979
- Place
- Las Cruces, NM · LAS CRUCES, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9004CCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790526015889A
- Case key
- 135823
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1474 79/5/26 LAS CRUCES,NM CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE,FL.INSTR., AGE TIME - 1000 N9004C PX- 0 0 0 DUAL 41, 6037 TOTAL HOURS, 202 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAS CRUCES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS CRUCES,NM LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE REMARKS- TAILWHEEL BEARINGS WORN AND LOOSE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9004C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Las Cruces
N9004CRegistration cancelled Dec 2, 2020 · Cessna 180Airframe modelCessna 180Engine modelContinental O-470 series
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.
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 N9004C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.