# NTSB FTW83LA331: Cessna 180, N2987C, Lubbock, TX, July 12, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 12, 1983, 14:43 local (19:43 UTC)
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Location: 33.6637° N, 101.8206° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LUBBOCK PRESTON SMITH INTL (LBB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6637&lon=-101.8206&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 20972
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83LA331
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/20972/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA331

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, landing - roll

## 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.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2987C](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2987C), registered now, S/N 30887, built 1954 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 30887
- Airframe hours: 1261
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830712029629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830712029629A), Jul 12, 1983: Cessna 180, Lubbock, TX, Substantial damage. Lost control and ground looped during downwind landing. Side load collapsed the right main landing gear.

## Other investigations on N2987C (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI91LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91LA024), Nov 4, 1990: Cessna 180 (N2987C), Northwood, ND, substantial damage. Probable cause: POOR IN-FLIGHT PLANNING AND DECISION, UNSUITABLE TERRAIN SELECTED BY THE PIC.

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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