- Date
- April 17, 1985, 17:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Midland, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9054MCessna 180H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850417013279A
- Case key
- 21725
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The 108 hour pvt plt had been checked out in the taildragger on the day preceding the accident. Returning from a local flt, the plt reported, he lost control during the landing when he encountered a gusting x-wind. The wheel ass'y failed in the subsequent skidding overload and the strut dug into the asphalt. The acft rolled up on the left wing and nose.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9054M
- Reported as
- Cessna 180H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052154
- Airframe hours
- 1,179
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Phillips, Thomas, Cardwell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1984 · 28 hours before
- Airport
- MDD · Midland, runway 16, 3,975 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 108 total · 19 in this make and model · 64 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 16 knots, gusting 27
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MAF, 6 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.