- Date
- July 12, 1990, 09:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Akron, CO
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N59KMCessna 180B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900712025449A
- Case key
- 17971
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to correct a swerve during landing roll. A factor was wind gusts.
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
After takeoff, the pilot noticed oil on the windscreen, and returned for landing. During landing roll, a gust pushed the plane off the runway to the left. The plane ground lopped, sheared the left main gear, nosed over and came to rest inverted. The vertical stabilizer, tail section and both wings were damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59KM
- Reported as
- Cessna 180B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 50590
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Glenn Cunningham
- Departed
- AKO
- Destination
- RAPE · Rapid City, SD
- Airport
- AKO · Washington Co., runway 27, 4,100 × 50 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
- 43
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 3,700 total · 100 in this make and model · 25 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 10 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °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.