- Date
- May 26, 1989, 08:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place
- Duluth, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N45JBCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890526014179A
- Case key
- 34794
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain control of the aircraft while attempting to land in turbulent gusty wind conditions.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
While attempting to land the plt encountered gusty, quartering, crosswind conditions. The plt lost control of the aircraft and it nosed over. The winds, 20 NM nw were reported out of 300 degrees at 13 KTS gusting to 22. The plt estimated the winds at the accident site to be from 340 degrees at 15 KTS gusting to 30 with moderate turbulence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45JB
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052058
- Airframe hours
- 1,250
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- North County Aircraft Sales
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- DLH · Duluth, MN
- Airport
- D36 · Duluth, runway 32, 3,051 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,100 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 2,625 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 13 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DLH, 20 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.