# NTSB DEN82DA091: Cessna 180, N2195C, Backoo, ND, May 19, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 18, 1982, 20:45 local (May 19, 1982, 01:45 UTC)
- Place: Backoo, ND
- Location: 48.8367° N, 97.7104° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Backoo, ND, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.8367&lon=-97.7104&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 18, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69864
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN82DA091
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69864/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82DA091

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(partial) - nonmechanical, climb
  - weather condition - carburetor icing conditions (contributing factor)
  - fuel system,carburetor - ice (cause)
  - carburetor heat - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - precautionary landing - performed, pilot in command
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PILOT FLEW TO THE VICINTIY OF HIS DESTINATION BY FOLLOWING THE PATH OF RECENT SHOWERS. HE WAS A FARMER AND WAS INTERESTED IN THE AMOUNT OF STANDING WATER. HE HAD ARRANGED TO FLY OVER A FRIEND'S HOUSE SO THE FRIEND WOULD PICK HIM UP AT THE AIRPORT. AFTER FLYING OVER THE HOUSE AND HEADING FOR THE AIRPORT, THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH. THE PILOT ENRICHED THE MIXTURE, BUT ONLY MOMENTARILY APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT. NEITHER SEEMED TO CHANGE THE WAY THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING, SO HE ELECTED TO LAND ON A ROAD NEAR THE FRIEND'S HOUSE. REPORTEDLY, HE HAD OPERATED THE ENGINE AT 16 INCHES MANIFOLD PRESSURE AND 2100 RPM FOR THE ENTIRE FLIGHT AND MADE NO CHANGES IN HIS POWER SETTING. WHILE LANDING ON A ROAD WITH A RIGHT CROSS WIND, THE LEFT GEAR ENCOUNTERED A SOFT SHOULDER. THE PLANE VEERED INTO A DITCH, THEN FLIPPED OVER. AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE REVEALED NO PRE-IMPACT MALFUNCTIONS. THE TEMPERATURE WAS 59 DEGREES; AT THAT TEMPERATURE, CARBURETOR ICING CONDITIONS WOULD BE PROBABLE IN MOIST AIR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N2195C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18031314
- Airframe hours: 25106
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-J 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Burel Lane
- Registered owner: Burel Lane
- Departed: ND59, ST. THOMAS, ND
- Destination: ND06, CAVALIER, ND

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 904 total, 18 in this make and model, 742 as pilot in command, 18 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 138 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: GFK, 50 nm away

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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