- Date
- June 7, 2019, 08:55 local (14:55 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Fe, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N180VCessna 180
- Defining event
- Landing: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 2020
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20190607006129A
- Case key
- 99660
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing with a crosswind, which resulted in a wing strike.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that a left crosswind existed during the landing roll on the asphalt surface. When the tailwheel contacted the runway, the airplane's left wing lifted, and the right wing struck the ground. The airplane exited the runway to the left and stopped. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot in the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that a left crosswind existed during the landing roll on the asphalt surface. When the tailwheel contacted the runway, the airplane's left wing lifted up, and the right wing struck the ground. The airplane exited the runway to the left and stopped. The pilot reported that at the time of the accident, the wind was from 150° at 14 knots. The pilot landed on runway 20. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N180V
- Reported as
- Cessna 180 (J)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052507
- Built
- 1974
- Airframe hours
- 2,900
- Engine
- Continental O-470 U/TS, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 17, 2018
- Departed
- SAF · Santa Fe, NM
- Destination
- SAF · Santa Fe, NM
- Airport
- SAF · Santa Fe Muni, runway 20, 8,366 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Auto-pilot, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Electronic multifunction display, ADS-B, Handheld GPS, Electronic primary flight display
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
- 71
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- August 3, 2018
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 3,444 total · 207 in this make and model · 3,273 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.05 inHg
- Observed at
- KSAF
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 5, 2019, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.7 MB in all.
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 N180V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.