# NTSB SEA06LA021: Cessna 180, N108EE, Lopez, WA, November 22, 2005 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: November 22, 2005, 13:30 local (21:30 UTC) - Place: Lopez, WA - Coordinates: 48.48389, -122.936111 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4839&lon=-122.9361&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 3 uninjured - Status: Completed, report August 29, 2006 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 63090 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA06LA021 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63090/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06LA021 ## Probable cause The airline transport pilot, who was receiving recurrent training, failed to maintain aircraft control, which was followed by an inadvertent ground loop. A contributing factor was the inadequate supervision by the flight instructor. ## Analysis An airline transport pilot was receiving instruction in tail wheel landings in her personal airplane (she had been flying it on floats in Alaska for the last five years). The flight instructor said this was the first tail wheel landing for the day, and it was the second day of their recurrent training. The student said that after she landed, she released pressure on the flight controls like she did during a float-airplane landing on water. During the landing roll, the airplane ground looped to the left, and a rib and spar in the right wing were bent. ## Factual narrative On November 22, 2005, at approximately 1330 Pacific standard time, a Cessna 180, N108EE, was substantially damaged when the airplane ground looped during a landing attempt at Lopez Island Airport (S31), Lopez, Washington. The commercial pilot flight instructor, airline transport pilot (ATP) receiving instruction, and passenger were not injured. Flying Bee, LLC. was operating the airplane under Title 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the instructional, cross-country flight that originated from Mount Vernon, Washington, at 1315. No flight plan had been filed. The ATP receiving instruction (the owner of the airplane) said that she has been an active pilot for the last five years, but she had been flying with floats on her airplane in Alaska. The flight instructor said this was the first landing (tail wheel) for the day and it was the second day of their recurrent training. The student said that after she landed, she released pressure on the flight controls like she did during a float-airplane landing on water. During the landing roll, the airplane ground looped to the left, and a rib and spar in the right wing were bent. ## 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 - aircraft control - not maintained, dual student (cause) - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, dual student (cause) - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (contributing factor) ## Aircraft - Registration: [N108EE](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N108EE), registered now, S/N 32505, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 180 - Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental O-470R](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470r) (registry code 17071, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 32505 - Airframe hours: 8633 - Engines: Continental O-470-R 225 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Anissa S Berry-Frick - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, December 1, 2004 - Departed: BVS, Mount Vernon, WA - Destination: S31, Lopez, WA - Airport: S31, Lopez Island Airport, runway 34, 2,904 × 60 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Flight instructor; age 48; injuries: none; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review November 1, 2005; seat: right; flight hours: 1,921 total, 366 in this make and model, 1,786 as pilot in command, 53 in the last 90 days, 12 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours - Student pilot; age 35; injuries: none; flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, without waivers/limitations; last flight review March 1, 2004; seat: left; flight hours: 4,860 total, 120 in this make and model, 3,401 as pilot in command, 100 in the last 90 days, 15 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 360° at 7 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 43 °F, dew point 41 °F - Altimeter: 30.17 inHg - Observed at: FHR, 5 nm away ## 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 20051122029019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051122029019A), Nov 22, 2005: Cessna 180, Lopez, WA, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot lost control of the aircraft after landing. CFI failed to intervene in time to prevent accident. From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.