- Date
- April 3, 1987, 16:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place
- Frostproof, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9731GCessna 180H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870403008539A
- Case key
- 31889
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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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
Compensation for wind conditions - poorCause
Lowering of flaps - excessiveFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledCause
Flare - improperCause
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Landing gear,tire - explodedFactor
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Landing gear,main gear - failure,total
Analysis
Upon touchdown the rt landing gear tire blew due to the side load placed upon it after the acft was blown sideways by the direct crosswind. The landing gear was then sheared off, after which, the acft slid off the rwy into the grass & came to rest.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9731G
- Reported as
- Cessna 180H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052231
- Airframe hours
- 6,400
- Engine
- Continental O-470 SERIES, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James Franklin
- Registered owner
- Aircraft Weighing Service Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 28, 1987
- Departed
- OPF · Miami, FL
- Destination
- 1
- Airport
- 2RR · River Ranch, runway 34, 4,950 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 100 in this make and model · 581 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 10 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLB, 37 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.