- Date
- May 21, 1982, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Gillette, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6415XCessna 180D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820521018659A
- Case key
- 70827
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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 aircraft swerved off the runway to the left 1500 feet from the approach end and the right main gear collapsed. Examination revealed three of five "brake anti-rattle clips" were missing from each brake assembly, allowing the brake disk to wabble. Inspection also revealed a lack of proper maintenance of the landing gear and brake assemblies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6415X
- Reported as
- Cessna 180D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18050915
- Airframe hours
- 14,835
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Laurita Hefner/Sanna Green
- Registered owner
- Laurita Hefner/Sanna Green
- Departed
- BFF · Scottsbluff
- Destination
- Los Alamos, NM
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- GCC · Gillette-Campbell County, runway 33, 6,507 × 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,100 total · 7 in this make and model · 1,000 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 144 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GCC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.