- Date
- November 24, 1989, 10:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place
- St. Louis, MO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N52158Cessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891124046689A
- Case key
- 34916
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to adequately compensate for the wind. The gusty, crosswind condition is considered a contributing factor to the accident.
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
While landing on runway 26, during gusty cross-wind conditions, the aircraft swerved causing the right main gear to collapse. This resulted in additional damage to the right wing and propeller. The local ATIS reported surface winds to be from 210 degrees at 16 gusting to 21 knots at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52158
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052526
- Engine
- Continental O-470-S, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Runyan, Ronald D.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- K-84 · Lee'S Summit, MO
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SUS · Spirit Of St Louis, runway 26, 7,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,569 total · 717 in this make and model · 1,569 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Observed at
- SUS, 1 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.