- Date
- May 18, 1988, 06:20 local (13:20 UTC)
- Place
- S. Lake Tahoe, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2969ACessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 26005
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Taxispeed - excessiveCause
Maneuver - improperCause
Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid
Analysis
The pilot lost control and dragged a wing while taxiing. The pilot indicated that he had just completed an uneventful landing and was taxiing to parking. He also indicated that he was taxiing too fast when he turned off the runway and the wing dipped and struck the ground. The winds were reported to be calm at the time of the accident. The plt did not file and acc report.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2969A
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30169
- Engine
- Continental O-470-A, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Van Winkle, Ray W.
- Registered owner
- Van Winkles, Ray W.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- TVL · S. Lake Tahoe, CA
- Airport
- TVL · S. Lake Tahoe
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TVL, 1 nm away