- Date
- June 25, 1990, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tecumseh, NE
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2873KCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900625022249A
- Case key
- 35006
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Probable cause
Excessive taxi speed and directional control not maintained by the pilot in command.
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 pvt pilot said that while back-taxiing directional control was lost and the acft veered off the runway. Substantial damage occurred to the right wing, elevator, propeller and right landing gear. Post accident investigation revealed no malfunction of the landing gear or braking systems.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2873K
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18053109
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Varnado, Paul
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Destination
- JHF · Jackson, MS
- Airport
- NE21 · Tecumseh, runway 33, 3,500 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,316 total · 118 in this make and model · 55 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- FNB, 40 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.