- Date
- November 28, 1987, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Telluride, CO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6547ACessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871128068699A
- Case key
- 17423
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Analysis
During a downwind landing, the plt experienced difficulty in controlling his acft. Approximately 2,500 feet from the west end of the rwy the acft ground looped into some rocks and was substantially damaged. The plt stated that he was landing downwind and downhill for a noise abatement program but did not believe that he would ever do it again.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6547A
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32444
- Airframe hours
- 2,385
- Engine
- Continental O-470K, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dewey Frank Dodge
- Registered owner
- Dewey F Dodge
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 15, 1987 · 31 hours before
- Departed
- PUB · Pueblo, CO
- Airport
- TEX · Telluride Regional, runway 9, 6,900 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,300 total · 200 in this make and model · 20 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N6547A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.