- Date
- September 21, 2022, 15:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place
- Ocean City, MD · On airfield OXB
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9359CCessna 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/FSDO
- Case key
- 105992
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane while landing with a crosswind, resulting in the runway excursion and nose over.
Findings · 4
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 reported that the primary runway was closed for repairs, so he elected to use a runway with a 6 to 8 knot crosswind. Also, there were workers and equipment near the runway and the pilot stated that they were a distraction. After touchdown, he felt the crosswind push the airplane to the right, but he overcompensated with left rudder. The airplane was then headed toward the edge of the runway and a construction barricade. He applied brakes; however, he could not bring the airplane to a stop on the runway surface. The airplane departed the runway and nosed over in the grass. The pilot was not injured. An inspector with the Federal Aviation Administration examined the wreckage and determined that the airplane’s vertical stabilizer and rudder were substantially damaged during the accident. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9359C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31757
- Airframe hours
- 3,664
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 15, 2022 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- W48 · Baltimore, MD
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- OXB · Ocean City Muni, runway 20, 3,204 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Handheld GPS, 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
- 44
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- August 24, 2022
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 236 total · 145 in this make and model · 236 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.91 inHg
- Observed at
- KSBY, 18 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KSBY 211854Z 25004KT 10SM CLR 29/16 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP131 T02890161
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 11, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 7.9 MB in all.
Other investigations on N9359C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.