- Date
- June 23, 2002, 13:54 local (19:54 UTC)
- Place
- Idaho Falls, ID
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2801KCessna 180K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 25, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA Salt Lake City FSDO
- FAA report
- 20020623015279A
- Case key
- 55057
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions during the landing roll. A crosswind was a factor.
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
In a written statement, the pilot related that the "Winds were 8 knots but shifting from 140 degrees to 210 degrees", on his approach to the runway. The pilot stated that after landing on the right tire, he reduced power to the engine. Before the left tire had touched down he related that, "the aircraft pivoted on the right tire and shot to [his] left." In an attempt to regain control, he applied full power, however the aircraft slid off the runway, and came to rest facing approximately 180 degrees from the landing direction. The 1353 METAR observation at Idaho Falls reported winds from 190 degrees at 10 knots.
Factual narrative
On June 23, 2002, at 1354 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 180K, N2801K, sustained substantial damage during landing at the Idaho Falls Regional Airport, Idaho Falls, Idaho. The airplane is registered to Z Air Incorporated of Dewey, Arizona, and was being operated as an aerial photography flight under the provisions of Title 14, CFR Part 91, when the accident occurred. The commercial pilot and passenger were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the local flight. The flight departed from Idaho Falls approximately one hour prior to the accident.
In a written statement, dated July 7, 2002, the pilot related that the "Winds were 8 knots but shifting from 140 degrees to 210 degrees", on his approach to Runway 20. The pilot stated that after landing on the right tire, he reduced power to the engine. Before the left tire had touched down he related that, "the aircraft pivoted on the right tire and shot to [his] left." In an attempt to regain control, he applied full power, however the aircraft slid off the runway, and came to rest facing approximately 180 degrees from the landing direction.
The 1353 METAR observation at Idaho Falls reported winds from 190 degrees at 10 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2801K
- Reported as
- Cessna 180K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18053072
- Airframe hours
- 8,976
- Engine
- Lycoming O-470U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Operator
- David Kresser
- Registered owner
- Z Air Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 2001 · 75 hours before
- Departed
- KIDA · Idaho Falls, ID
- Destination
- KIDA · Idaho Falls, ID
- Airport
- IDA · Fanning Field, runway 020, 9,001 × 150 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
- 53
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- December 1, 2001
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11,890 total · 650 in this make and model · 11,790 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 24 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.11 inHg
- Observed at
- KIDA
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 18, 2002, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 318 KB in all.
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 N2801K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.