- Date
- September 4, 1984, 19:00 local (Sep 5, 1984, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- West Jordan, UT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N926OCCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 16476
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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.
On ground/water encounter with weather
Weather condition - unfavorable windFactor
Loss of control - on ground/water
Compensation for wind conditions - improperCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertent
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Analysis
According to the plt, at midfield during the landing roll a gust of wind from the west caught the right wing. The acft ground looped collapsing the left main landing gear and damaging the left wing. While the nearest wx observation facility reported wind from 350 deg at 8 KTS the plt stated westerly winds at 20 KTS gusting to 25 KTS prevailed during the landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N926OC
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31359
- Engine
- Continental O-470-A, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dennis Brent Thomas
- Registered owner
- Denis Brent Thomas
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- U42 · Slc Muni., runway 16, 5,604 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 674 total · 155 in this make and model · 126 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SLC, 13 nm away