- Date
- June 15, 1988, 15:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Show Low, AZ
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2509KCessna 180K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880615025499A
- Case key
- 26035
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt attempted to takeoff in his conventional gear acft using rwy 21. The local wind was estimated at 180 degrees, 15 knots with gusts to 35 knots. The plt stated that immediately after rotating for takeoff 'a gust of wind caught us & threw us approximately 20 feet up in the air.' The plt said he was unable to control his acft & it stalled. The acft bounced hard three times on the rwy until finally the landing gear broke and the wing struck the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2509K
- Reported as
- Cessna 180K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052962
- Airframe hours
- 839
- Engine
- Continental O-470U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Grover, Donald E.
- Registered owner
- Donald Grover Farms, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1988 · 49 hours before
- Destination
- Wellton, AZ
- Airport
- SOW · Show Low Muni, runway 21, 3,928 × 60 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 723 total · 486 in this make and model · 38 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 15 knots, gusting 35
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.