- Date
- August 28, 1982, 14:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Dubois, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N197VCessna 180G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820828042239A
- Case key
- 70511
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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
During arrival, the pilot entered the pattern to land on runway 25 with the wind from 330 degrees at 18 KTS. To compensate for the crosswind, he prepared himself for a right wing low landing. However, the pilot stated that when he started to round out, the wind went calm. Therefore, he leveled the wings and made a 3-point landing. After touchdown, the nose started moving to the right, as the crosswind increased, and he corrected with left rudder. At about that time, the right wing lifted rapidly into the air and the left wing tip hit the runway. The pilot corrected with right rudder and aileron and added power. Subsequently, the right wing tip hit the runway. The aircraft then slid a short distance on its nose and stopped in the center of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N197V
- Reported as
- Cessna 180G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 180-51416
- Airframe hours
- 923
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- General Engineering Assoc., In
- Registered owner
- General Engineering Assoc., In
- Departed
- Clarion, PA
- Destination
- Dubois, PA
- Airport
- DUJ · Dubois-Jefferson County, runway 25, 5,505 × 100 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,635 total · 275 in this make and model · 1,570 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.