- Date
- May 3, 1989, 18:30 local (May 4, 1989, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Cottonwood, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9924NCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890503011059A
- Case key
- 26397
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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Probable cause
Improper flight planning/decision by the PIC when he decided to land with such a crosswind, and not maintaining compensation for the crosswind after he decided to attempt the landing.
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.
Analysis
The pilot said he was on downwind for the airport when he noticed a direct crosswind from approximately 230 degrees. He said he had the airplane down on all wheels on runway 14 when a gust of wind caught the plane and spun it to the right. The left wing and left stabilizer impacted the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9924N
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052579
- Airframe hours
- 1,725
- Engine
- Continental O-470-S, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Az Northern Equipment Inc.
- Registered owner
- Arizona Northern Equipment
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 21, 1988 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- 5C00 · Durango, CO
- Destination
- P52
- Airport
- P52 · Cottonwood, runway 14, 4,250 × 75 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 112 total · 61 in this make and model · 37 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 20 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- 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.