- Date
- July 12, 1983, 14:43 local (19:43 UTC)
- Place
- Lubbock, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2987CCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830712029629A
- Case key
- 20972
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Analysis
The acft groundlooped during landing after control was lost during a downwind landing. The acft landed on rwy 26 and thewind was reported from 090 degrees at 10 KTS. The plt reported that a gust of wind caused the acft to veer left and control was lost.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2987C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30887
- Airframe hours
- 1,261
- Engine
- Continental O-470-19, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Asa B. Mcnair
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 12, 1983 · 32 hours before
- Departed
- TPL · Temple, TX
- Airport
- LBB · Lubbock International, runway 26, 8,000 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 535 total · 535 in this make and model · 460 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LBB
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 N2987C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.