- Date
- August 26, 1983, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Busby, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4596BCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830826044809A
- Case key
- 16147
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the pilot he was making a downwind landing to avoid taxiing over rough ground any farther than necessary. After touchdown he travelled about 150 yards up the runway when a gust of wind picked up the tail and he lost control ending in a ground loop. The aircraft turned over on its nose and right wing. The pilot said he might have been a little heavy on the brakes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4596B
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31495
- Airframe hours
- 1,418
- Engine
- Continental O-470-J, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gregg L. Jones
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 17, 1982 · 33 hours before
- Departed
- Busby, MT
- Airport
- Jone'S Ranch
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 245 total · 25 in this make and model · 183 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SHR, 32 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N4596B · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.