# NTSB MKC86LA130: Cessna 180, N3166D, Olathe, KS, June 22, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 21, 1986, 20:00 local (Jun 22, 1986, 01:00 UTC)
- Place: Olathe, KS
- Coordinates: 38.880821, -94.810722 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8808&lon=-94.8107&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34195
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC86LA130
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34195/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA130

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airspeed(vs) - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

A WITNESS STATED THAT THE HE OBSERVED THE ACFT IN A NORMAL APPROACH FOR LANDING BUT THAT IT APPEARED SLOW. THE WITNESS OBSERVED THE LEFT WING DROP JUST BEFORE THE ACFT WAS TO TOUCHDOWN TO THE RWY. TIRE SCUFF MARKS WERE SEEN BY THE WITNESS ON THE RWY NEAR WHERE THE ACFT HAD FLIPPED INVERTED. THE PIC STATED HE MAY HAVE INADVERTANTLY APPLIED ONLY ONE BRAKE AT TOUCHDOWN AND LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED VEERING TO THE RIGHT ON THE RWY ROLLING NO MORE THAN 150 TO 200 FEET BEFORE FLIPPING INVERTED. THE PIC STATED THAT THERE WAS NO MECHANICAL PBLM AND WX WAS NOT A FACTOR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3166D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3166D-2003-06-18), registration cancelled 2003-06-18, S/N 31964, built 1955 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 31964
- Airframe hours: 2998
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-J 225 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Mark & Kevin J. Nugent
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 31, 1986, 26 hours before
- Departed: OJC, OLATHE, KS
- Airport: OJC, Johnson County Executive, runway 17, 4,099 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 4,011 total, 97 in this make and model, 106 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 13 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: OJC

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860621026889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860621026889A), Jun 21, 1986: Cessna 180, Olathe_________, KS, Substantial damage. After a sloppy landing, pilot misused brakes attempting to control aircraft resulting in a nose over.

## Other investigations on N3166D (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL03FA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03FA075), Apr 10, 2003: Cessna 180 (N3166D), Oxford, AL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued VFR flight into IMC conditions and his failure to maintain obstacle clearance. A factor was low ceilings.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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