- Date
- January 17, 1982, 14:50 local (21:50 UTC)
- Place
- Cedar City, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2600YCessna 180E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820117000979A
- Case key
- 70165
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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 stated that he intended to fly close to the field surface dragging the tailwheel of the aircraft to determine snow/field conditions. During the low pass he used three notches of flap and added full power with the propeller at full pitch. When the tailwheel made contact with the snow it pulled the main wheels into the snow and the aircraft flipped over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2600Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 180E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18051100
- Airframe hours
- 2,342
- Engine
- Continental O-470R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James E Watkins
- Registered owner
- James E Watkins
- Departed
- No. Las Vegas, NV
- Destination
- Swains Creek, UT
- Airport
- Swains Creek, runway 19, gravel
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,534 total · 722 in this make and model · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Temperature
- 104 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N2600Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.