- Date
- January 31, 1989, 15:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place
- Nocona, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N59KMCessna 180B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890131001679A
- Case key
- 22832
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot's disregard of the aircraft performance data/operational limitations by landing in excess of the crosswind capability of the aircraft, and the resultant loss of directional control during the landing roll.
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
- N59KM
- Reported as
- Cessna 180B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 50590
- Airframe hours
- 4,795
- Engine
- Continental O-480-K, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Matthews, Kenneth R.
- Registered owner
- Mathews, Kenneth R.
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 5, 1988 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- DAL · Dallas, TX
- Airport
- F48 · Nocona, runway 14, 3,200 × 50 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 13,000 total · 344 in this make and model · 4,000 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 45 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.