# NTSB DEN82DA180: Cessna 180, Philip, SD, August 31, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 31, 1982, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Philip, SD
- Coordinates: 44.039333, -101.6604 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0393&lon=-101.6604&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 31, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72208
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN82DA180
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72208/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82DA180

## 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
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 42; 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

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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