- Date
- August 23, 1990, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Saint Joseph, LA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9491CCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900823035389A
- Case key
- 23174
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control and his use of excessive braking.
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
The pilot said the airplane was landing on rwy 16 with the wind from 230 degrees at about 9 knots, gusting to 15 knots. He said that during touchdown, as the tail came down, the right wing came up and the aircraft weather-vaned. He said that due to excessive braking, the aircraft flipped onto its back, with the left wing striking first, and then the nose.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9491C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31889
- Airframe hours
- 4,084
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Doyle, Don W.
- Registered owner
- Capdepons, Paul V
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 25, 1989 · 71 hours before
- Departed
- 9MZ · Newellton, LA
- Destination
- L33
- Airport
- L33 · Tensas Parish, runway 16, 3,500 × 75 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 5,280 total · 19 in this make and model · 5,222 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 9 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.