- Date
- September 19, 1987, 17:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place
- Atkinson, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5133ECessna 180B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 34441
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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.
Analysis
Witnesses stated that the pilot was chasing a wild horse out of an alfalfa field and back into a corral when a wingtip struck a grove of trees and the aircraft cartwheeled onto the ground. The pilot stated to FAA that he did not see the treeline due to blinding sunlight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5133E
- Reported as
- Cessna 180B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 50433
- Engine
- Continental O-470-K, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Todd D.Mitchell
- Registered owner
- Hollers Ranch Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ONL · Atkinson, NE
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
- 25
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,200 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
Other investigations on N5133E · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.