- Date
- July 28, 1983, 09:37 local (16:37 UTC)
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2572KCessna 180K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830728035859A
- Case key
- 23803
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that during touchdown, he heard a loud squeal from a tire & felt the aircraft pull to the left. He stated that he applied right aileron & rudder to keep the acft going straight. However, as the acft slowed, it began to veer left again. He said the left tire then literally exploded. The left gear strut collapsed & the prop & left wing tip contacted the runway. The acft then veered to the right & went off the rwy. However, the air traffic control specialists working local & ground control said they observed the acft land hard with the left wing down, bounce onto its left gear, come back down on the rwy & depart the rwy as the wheel separated. An exam revealed the left main tire was torn or ripped across the tread, sidewall & both beads. The inner tube showed similar damage. No flat spots were noted. The wheel assembly was fractured & broken, but no pre-fracture evidence of defects was noted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2572K
- Reported as
- Cessna 180K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052994
- Airframe hours
- 488
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mark A. Losee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 13, 1982 · 69 hours before
- Departed
- U42 · Salt Lake City, UT
- Destination
- OCN · Oceanside
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- VGT · North Las Vegas, runway 7, 5,006 × 90 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 562 total · 92 in this make and model · 20 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAS, 16 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.