- Date
- July 21, 1992, 19:15 local (Jul 22, 1992, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Curlew Island, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N66618Cessna 180K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920721027399A
- Case key
- 18535
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Probable cause
The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing. A factor was the pilot's physical impairment.
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 was maneuvering his airplane in right turns for approximately 30 minutes while his passenger photographed an oil drilling platform in the gulf of Mexico. The pilot became nauseous and elected to land his airplane on a nearby Island. The landing was made to the sand along the shoreline. The pilot touched down on the dry section and during the landing roll the airplane nosed over. The pilot did not report any mechanical problem with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66618
- Reported as
- Cessna 180K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052950
- Airframe hours
- 8,000
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Operator
- Allied Security Insur Agency
- Registered owner
- Allied Security Insur Agency
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 3, 1992 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- 5R9 · Homeplate, LA
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 696 total · 100 in this make and model · 672 as pilot in command · 58 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N66618 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.