- Date
- July 8, 1996, 14:05 local (19:05 UTC)
- Place
- Mountain Home, AR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N46524Cessna 180J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 18, 1997
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19960708016189A
- Case key
- 19901
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. A factor was the cross wind.
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 reported that he was landing on runway 23 with a cross wind estimated at 110 degrees at 10 knots with gust of approximately 16 knots. The aircraft 'swerved' and departed the left side of the runway approximately 45 degrees offset from runway heading. During the 'sudden' departure from runway heading, the right main gear collapsed and the outboard third of the right wing was structurally damaged.
Factual narrative
On July 8, 1996, at 1405 central daylight time, a Cessna 180J, N46524, registered to a private owner and operated by a private individual under Title 14 CFR Part 91, was substantially damaged during landing near Mountain Home, Arkansas. The commercial pilot and his one passenger were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the cross country flight that originated at Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1 hour and 5 minutes before the accident. No flight plan was filed.
The pilot reported to the investigator-in-charge that he was landing on runway 23 with a cross wind estimated at 110 degrees at 10 knots with gust of approximately 16 knots. He further reported that the aircraft "swerved" and departed the left side of the runway approximately 45 degrees offset from runway heading. He reported that during the "sudden" departure from runway heading, the right main gear collapsed and the outboard third of the right wing was structurally damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46524
- Reported as
- Cessna 180J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052424
- Airframe hours
- 2,480
- Engine
- Continental O-470R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Collier Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 11, 1996 · 31 hours before
- Departed
- WAP · Fayetteville, AR
- Destination
- BPK
- Airport
- BPK · Baxter County Regional, runway 23, 5,001 × 75 ft, concrete
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
- 40
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,508 total · 23 in this make and model · 940 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HRO, 27 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.