- Date
- August 31, 1982, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Philip, SD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- CFHYECessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 72208
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertent
Analysis
Pilot lost directional control during landing and groundlooped. Pilot stated he encountered a strong crosswind gust froma thunderstorm in the area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CFHYE
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Bill East
- Registered owner
- Bill East
- Departed
- C · Hastings, NE
- Destination
- C · Alberta
- Airport
- PNP · Philip, runway 23, 3,600 × 150 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 760 total · 300 in this make and model · 45 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles