- Date
- July 6, 1983, 13:55 local (20:55 UTC)
- Place
- Hawthorne, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5328DCessna 180A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830706034349A
- Case key
- 23779
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Analysis
The pilot stated that upon arrival in the Hawthorne area, the winds reported by UNICOM were extremely variable at 27 KTS gusting to 35 KTS. The UNICOM operator recommended rwy 28, then rwy 15 and finally settled on rwy 23 as the best for the wind condition. Everything was normal thru the wheel landing but at the transition to a three point attitude the wind shifted aprx 40 deg to the left and in an effort to avoid a ground loop he went off the runway to the right. Just after departing the rwy, the right main wheel encountered soft sand which caused the aircraft to nose over on its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5328D
- Reported as
- Cessna 180A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18050226
- Airframe hours
- 2,940
- Engine
- Continental O-470K, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Nicholas J. Schaller
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 15, 1983 · 36 hours before
- Departed
- DTA · Delta, UT
- Destination
- CCR · Concord, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- HTH · Hawthorne Municipal, runway 23, 2,815 × 170 ft, dirt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 303 total · 157 in this make and model · 205 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days · 32 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 27 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HTH
FAA reports on this event · 1
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