- Date
- March 29, 2007, 10:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place
- Winslow, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6450XCessna 180D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 29, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20070329007049A
- Case key
- 65529
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
After the airplane touched down on the runway, the pilot became distracted as he retracted the flaps and the airplane veered off the right side of the runway and ground looped. During the ground loop, the left wing and elevator were damaged. The pilot reported that the winds at the time of the accident were calm. The pilot stated that the airplane and engine had no mechanical failures or malfunctions.
Factual narrative
On March 29, 2007, about 1020 mountain standard time, a Cessna, 180D, N6450X, ground looped during landing on runway 29 at Winslow-Lindbergh Regional Airport (INW), Winslow, Arizona. The owner/pilot was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The commercial pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured; the airplane sustained substantial damage. The cross-country personal flight departed Tucumcari, New Mexico, about 0800 mountain daylight time, with a planned destination of Winslow. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a visual flight rules (VFR) flight plan had been filed. The approximate global positioning system (GPS) coordinates of the primary wreckage were 35 degrees 01.18 minutes north latitude and 110 degrees 43.21 minutes west longitude.
The owner/pilot stated in a written report that after touchdown, he retracted the flaps. During this distraction, the airplane veered off to the right side of the runway, and ground looped. During the ground loop, the left wing and elevator were damaged. The pilot reported that the winds at the time of the accident were calm.
The pilot stated that the airplane and engine had no mechanical failures or malfunctions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6450X
- Reported as
- Cessna 180D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18050950
- Airframe hours
- 6,379
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 2006 · 39 hours before
- Departed
- TCC · Tucumcari, NM
- Destination
- Winslow, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- INW · Winslow Muni, runway 29, 7,100 × 150 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
- 59
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 1, 2005
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,244 total · 1,600 in this make and model · 3,062 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.09 inHg
- Observed at
- INW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.