# NTSB FTW92LA051: Cessna 180K, N20489, Orange, TX, December 30, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 30, 1991, 12:40 local (18:40 UTC)
- Place: Orange, TX
- Location: 30.0685° N, 93.8040° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORANGE COUNTY (ORG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0685&lon=-93.8040&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 14, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 18429
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW92LA051
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/18429/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW92LA051

## Probable cause

THE RUPTURED LEFT MAIN GEAR TIRE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,tire - ruptured (cause)
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

DURING THE LANDING ROLL THE LEFT MAIN GEAR TIRE RUPTURED RESULTING IN A NOSE OVER OF THE TAILWHEEL AIRPLANE ONTO THE RUNWAY SURFACE. NOTHING UNUSUAL WAS FOUND WITH THE CONDITION OF THE TIRE OR THE RIM BY THE FAA COORDINATOR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N20489 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180K
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18053189
- Airframe hours: 3012
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470U-18B 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Lion Oil Company
- Registered owner: Lion Oil Company
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 7, 1991, 274 hours before
- Departed: ELD, EL DORADO, AR
- Destination: ORG, ORANGE, TX
- Airport: ORG, Orange County, runway 3, 3,800 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 8,964 total, 6,087 in this make and model, 8,964 as pilot in command, 148 in the last 90 days, 40 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 110° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 7,500 ft overcast
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: BPT, 10 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19911230057479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911230057479A), Dec 30, 1991: Cessna 180K, Orange, TX, Substantial damage. Left main tire ruptured on landing. Aircraft nosed over on the runway. Pipe line patrol aircraft.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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