# NTSB DEN82DA092: Cessna 180D, N6415X, Gillette, WY, May 21, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 21, 1982, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Gillette, WY
- Coordinates: 44.460872, -105.699035 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4609&lon=-105.6990&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 21, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70827
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN82DA092
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70827/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82DA092

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - landing gear,normal brake system - failure,partial (contributing factor)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - maintenance,service of aircraft/equipment - inadequate, other maintenance personnel (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear - overload (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6415X), registered now, S/N 18050915, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180D
- Registry model: [Cessna 180D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180d) (registry code 2072610) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18050915
- Airframe hours: 14835
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820521018659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820521018659A), May 21, 1982: Cessna 180D, Gillette, WY, Substantial damage. Pilot lost directional control during landing.

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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