- Date
- February 10, 1990, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Portland, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3110CCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 10, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900210001879A
- Case key
- 23103
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions, which resulted in a failure to attain a flare during the landing. The unfavorable wind conditon was a related factor.
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.
Analysis
Rprtdly, the wind was from 330 degs at 20 gusting 30 KTS. The plt rprtd that as the acft apchd to land on rwy 32 over an incline to the rwy, windshear was encountered. Subsequently, the plane contacted the ground hard, then nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3110C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30909
- Airframe hours
- 3,811
- Engine
- Continental O-470-J, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Allen, Norman G.
- Registered owner
- Allen, Colleen E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 11, 1990 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- 9R5
- Airport
- 9R5 · Hunt, runway 32, 2,600 × 60 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
- 53
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,943 total · 152 in this make and model · 2,835 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.