- Date
- April 3, 1984, 18:15 local (Apr 4, 1984, 02:15 UTC)
- Place
- Garfield, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N88666Cessna 180-A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840403009789A
- Case key
- 39890
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Terrain condition - softFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear attachment - overloadFactor
Analysis
The acft was landed in a soft stubble field. The landing gear mired and the acft ground looped breaking the right main landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88666
- Reported as
- Cessna 180-A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32778
- Airframe hours
- 5,109
- Engine
- Continental O-470-K, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Roger T Pennell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 13, 1984
- Departed
- Garfield, WA
- Airport
- runway 12, grass/turf
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 92 total · 92 in this make and model · 52 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PUW, 20 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.