- Date
- September 24, 1984, 13:26 local (20:26 UTC)
- Place
- Salinas, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N66039Cessna 180K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840924050699A
- Case key
- 24412
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Analysis
The plt stated that he landed on rwy 26 and after the acft slowed down to aprx 15 to 20 KTS, a gust of wind lifted the rt wing and the acft veered to the rt. The plt was unable to maintain directional control and the acft ground looped collapsing the left main gear. The wind was reported as 340 degrees at 11 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66039
- Reported as
- Cessna 180K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052910
- Airframe hours
- 277
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joe Robinson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 28, 1984 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- SNS · Salinas, CA
- Destination
- SNG · Salinas, CA
- Airport
- SNS · Salinas Municipal, runway 26, 4,995 × 200 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 4,752 total · 20 in this make and model · 4,025 as pilot in command · 240 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SNS
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 N66039 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.