- Date
- September 2, 1989, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Englewood, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2705KCessna 180K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890902037559A
- Case key
- 17782
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control, which resulted in a ground swerve. The crosswind was a related factor.
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.
Analysis
The commercial plt & a psgr were making a local flt. The plt said he planned a touch & go landing on rwy 17R with winds from 280 deg at 4 KTS. He said that at touchdown, he felt a 'shimmy' from the tailwheel. He was able to stop the shimmy by relaxing the back pressure on the control yoke. He then reapplied the back pressure & lost directional control. The plane departed the rwy to the right & ground looped. The left wing, stabilizer & elevator were damaged. No preimpact mechanical problem was found with the tailwheel assembly.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2705K
- Reported as
- Cessna 180K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18053040
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U4, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James M. Leake
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- APA
- Destination
- APA
- Airport
- APA · Contennial, runway 17R, 7,000 × 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
- 38
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,960 total · 55 in this make and model · 2,780 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N2705K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.