- Date
- March 25, 2006, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Greenville, ME
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2165ZCessna 180F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20060325011779A
- Case key
- 63399
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, resulting in a ground loop. A factor was the rough/uneven runway condition.
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
According to the pilot, after landing on runway 32, he crossed a rough/uneven section of the runway, and lost directional control of the airplane. The airplane then ground looped, and tipped onto the left wing, resulting in substantial damage.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot, after landing on runway 32, he crossed a rough/uneven section of the runway, and lost directional control of the airplane. The airplane then ground looped, and tipped onto the left wing, resulting in substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2165Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 180F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18051265
- Airframe hours
- 2,141
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Earl Richardson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 2005
- Departed
- 3B1 · Greenville, ME
- Destination
- 3B1 · Greenville, ME
- Airport
- 3B1 · Greenville Municipal Airport, runway 32, 3,999 × 75 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
- 79
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 1, 2004
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,767 total · 2,100 in this make and model · 2,667 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.96 inHg
- Observed at
- MLT, 37 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.
Other investigations on N2165Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.