- Date
- August 2, 1990, 12:25 local (19:25 UTC)
- Place
- Tucson, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9463CCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900802050849A
- Case key
- 26939
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate distance from a MD-80'S jet exhaust.
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 of a cargo carrying airplane landed and, in accordance with its ATC clearance, began taxiing toward the parking area. The chosen taxiway crossed behind a transport category jet (MD 80) which was holding for takeoff. The accident pilot taxied into the path of the jet's exhaust and was pushed down onto its nose.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9463C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31861
- Airframe hours
- 4,740
- Engine
- Continental O-470-J, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- James M Dellas
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 25, 1990 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- PHX · Phoenix, AZ
- Airport
- TUS · Tucson Intl., runway 21, 7,000 × 150 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 894 total · 51 in this make and model · 840 as pilot in command · 112 in the last 90 days · 54 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 39 °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.
Other investigations on N9463C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.