- Date
- November 22, 1990, 14:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Young, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2574KCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901122051109A
- Case key
- 27066
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Probable cause
The pilot selected the wrong runway and attempted to land with a tailwind.
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 departed payson on a personal flight. Upon arriving over pleasant valley airstrip the pilot reported that the windsock was wrapped downward around the pole indicating that a calm wind existed. The pilot initiated an approach to runway 22. Gnd witnesses reported that the airplane was landing downwind and too fast. Realizing that a tailwind existed the plt began a go-around and the airplane collided with the trees at the end of the runway. The pilot did not report any mechanical difficulties, but he stated that a gust of wind caused airplane to weathervane to the right and strike the ground before colliding with the trees. Witnesses reported that the prevailing winds were from the northeast between 10 - 15 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2574K
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Grosh, Karl H.
- Registered owner
- Karl H. Grosh
- Departed
- Payson, AZ
- Airport
- 49E · Plesant Valley, runway 22, 1,600 × 90 ft, grass/turf
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
- 62
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 8,000 total · 500 in this make and model · 7,500 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.