- Date
- October 1, 1983, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Silverdale, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N180TCCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831001054259A
- Case key
- 39843
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Landing gear,normal brake system - failure,totalCause
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Analysis
The plt stated he was demonstrating how not to ground loop an airplane. When speed was built up on the taxiway, he applied brakes & the left brake failed. The left main gear & left wing folded.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N180TC
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052455
- Airframe hours
- 990
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas Casey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1983
- Departed
- S42 · Silverdale, WA
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- S42 · Apex
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 6,500 total · 900 in this make and model · 6,400 as pilot in command · 101 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PWT, 10 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.