- Date
- July 4, 1983, 14:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Duanesburg, NY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2842ACessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830704037219A
- Case key
- 35223
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt landed the tailwheel equipped acft in a 15 kt, left x-wind. During the landing, the acft veered to the left into a rough area, ground looped & came to rest in a ditch. The plt stated that the right brake failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2842A
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30042
- Airframe hours
- 4,200
- Engine
- Continental O-470-J, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Larry A. Dyer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 1, 1983 · 25 hours before
- Airport
- 4B1 · Duanesburg, runway 28, 2,800 × 50 ft, gravel
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 968 total · 550 in this make and model · 550 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
- 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.
Other investigations on N2842A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.