# NTSB FTW74FPG25: Cessna 180, Hot Springs, AR, September 22, 1973

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 22, 1973
- Place: Hot Springs, AR · HOT SPRINGS, AR
- Location: 34.5037° N, 93.0552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hot Springs, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5037&lon=-93.0552&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 24, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 187700
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW74FPG25
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FPG25

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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E-0019  73/9/22    HOT SPRINGS,ARK     CESSNA 180          CR-  0  0  2  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 317
        TIME - 0939                    VP-HCC              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, 124 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MEMORIAL
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          HOT SPRINGS,ARK             LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           COPILOT - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
           COPILOT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        REMARKS- COPLT RELAXED CTLS ACFT TURNED SLIGHTLY L COPLT REACTED WITH HARD R RUDDER ACFT TURNED R,LOST CTL.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: VP-HCC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Memorial

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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