- Date
- May 19, 1985, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hooksett, NH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N52197Cessna 180J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850519067639A
- Case key
- 35878
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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
The plt was ferrying the acft to a fld where floats were to be installed. While on the apch, the acft encountered a crosswind and drifted 20 ft off the intended centerline. The acft touched down and rolled about 110 ft before colliding with a small bush and nosing over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52197
- Reported as
- Cessna 180J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052553
- Airframe hours
- 1,800
- Engine
- Continental O-470-S, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lucien Breault
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 11, 1984
- Departed
- MHT · Manchester, NH
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 390 total · 13 in this make and model · 338 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CON
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.