- Date
- June 22, 2020, 15:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Burlington, VT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7955VCessna 180
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20200622012049A
- Case key
- 101477
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing roll in crosswind conditions.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that he was performing touch-and-go landings. While performing a three-point landing on the center of the runway, a gust of wind struck the airplane from the right. The airplane initially swerved slightly, then rapidly to the right and the left wing contacted the ground. The pilot then taxied the airplane back to the ramp uneventfully. The left wing and elevator were substantially damaged during the accident. The pilot stated there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The recorded wind conditions at the time of the accident included a 50° right crosswind at 7 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7955V
- Reported as
- Cessna 180 (H)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18051855
- Built
- 1967
- Airframe hours
- 4,053.6
- Engine
- Continental O-470 SERIES, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 19, 2010
- Departed
- BTV · Burlington, VT
- Destination
- BTV · Burlington, VT
- Airport
- BTV · Burlington Intl, runway 15, 8,319 × 150 ft, concrete
- Equipment
- Onboard weather, ADS-B
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
- 57
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- December 23, 2019
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 323.3 total · 133.3 in this make and model · 4.5 in the last 90 days · 4.5 in the last 30 days · 2.5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.87 inHg
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 21, 2021, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.2 MB in all.
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 N7955V · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.