- Date
- March 31, 1984, 17:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Rayville, LA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7516Cessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840331008269A
- Case key
- 21296
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
Wrong runway - selectedFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertent
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Analysis
During the takeoff the acft yawed left. The plt overcorrected causing the acft to yaw right & depart the right side of the rwy collapsing the left main landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7516
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32542
- Airframe hours
- 15,000
- Engine
- Continental O-470 SERIES, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dale Bordelon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- M79 · Rayville, LA
- Destination
- MLU · Monroe, LA
- Airport
- M79 · Rayville Muni, runway 17, 2,100 × 50 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 904 total · 250 in this make and model · 870 as pilot in command · 90 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLU, 15 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.