- Date
- April 23, 1990, 14:59 local (21:59 UTC)
- Place
- Stockton, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- CFUKMCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 26783
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain control of the aircraft.
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
Weather condition - crosswind
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Analysis
According to the pilot, the landing was made with a 9 kt left cross wind component and a gust was encountered at touchdown. The aircraft ground looped to the left incurring substantial damage to the right wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CFUKM
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18051616
- Engine
- Continental O-470R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Reginald R. Harper
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- O22 · Columbia, CA
- Destination
- SCK
- Airport
- SCK · Stockton, runway 29, 2,996 × 75 ft, macadam
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 74
- Certificates
- Foreign, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,843 total · 2,243 in this make and model · 2,800 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SCK