- Date
- November 15, 1992, 15:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place
- Wiggins, MS
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2873KCessna 180K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921115046609A
- Case key
- 33195
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's failure to maintain directional control on landing roll out, resulting in an on ground loss of control (ground loop) and subsequent nose over.
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 commercial pilot was conducting a wheel landing to the active runway. On landing roll out, the airplane started to veer to the right. The pilot applied left rudder and the airplane went straight for a short distance and veered to the left. The pilot applied full right rudder and applied power with negative results. The airplane experienced an on ground loss of control and departed the runway, nosed over, and came to rest on its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2873K
- Reported as
- Cessna 180K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18053109
- Airframe hours
- 3,020
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U18, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Vernado, Paul
- Registered owner
- Vernado, Paul
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1992 · 64 hours before
- Airport
- MS06 · Dean Griffin Memorial, runway 35, 3,000 × 50 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,655 total · 4,655 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 4 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GPT, 30 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.