# NTSB SEA06CA150: Cessna 180J, N42401, Hailey, ID, July 30, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: July 30, 2006, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Hailey, ID
- Coordinates: 43.504444, -114.296112
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5044&lon=-114.2961&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 31, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 64249
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA06CA150
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64249/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA150

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to adequately compensate for wind conditions.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - runway

## Analysis

In a written report, the pilot stated that during the landing rollout "a gust [of wind] came up and I lost directional control.  I made the proper corrections but the aircraft was at the end of the landing phase and ground looped to the left."  The pilot reported that winds at the time of the accident were from 250 degrees at 15-20 knots and gusting.

## Factual narrative

On July 30, 2006, about 1130 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 180J airplane, N42401, sustained substantial damage while landing at the Friedman Memorial Airport, Hailey, Idaho.  The commercial pilot, the owner and operator of the airplane, and the one passenger aboard, were not injured.  The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) cross-country flight under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 when the accident occurred.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. No flight plan was filed for the flight that originated from Stanley, Idaho, approximately 30 minutes prior to the accident.

In a written report to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the pilot reported that during the landing rollout "a gust [of wind] came up and I lost directional control.  I made the proper corrections but the aircraft was at the end of the landing phase and ground looped to the left."

The pilot reported that winds at the time of the accident were from 250 degrees at 15-20 knots and gusting.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N42401](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N42401), registered now, S/N 18052350, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 180J
- Registry model: [Cessna 180J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180j) (registry code 2072622) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 52350180
- Engines: Teledyne Continental IO-520 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Thomas G. Lenze
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Departed: 2U7, STANLEY, ID
- Destination: KSUN, Hailey, IA
- Airport: SUN, Friedman Memorial, runway 31

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3; flight hours: 3,070 total, 1,363 in this make and model, 3,070 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20060730015999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060730015999A), Jul 30, 2006: Cessna 180J, Hailey, ID, Substantial damage. (-23) After landing on runway 31 at sun (wind 230 @ 10 gust to 17) the pilot lost directional control causing the aircraft to drift to the right. The aircraft…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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