- Date
- May 15, 1984, 16:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bellingham, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7999VCessna 180H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840515046649A
- Case key
- 39915
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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
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertent
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Analysis
During the landing roll with a cross-wind, directional control was lost & the acft ground-looped to the left collapsing the right main landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7999V
- Reported as
- Cessna 180H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18051899
- Airframe hours
- 1,340
- Engine
- Continental O-470R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard J. Walsh
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- S43 · Snohomish, WA
- Destination
- BLI · Bellingham, WA
- Airport
- BLI · Billingham International, runway 34, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 255 total · 85 in this make and model · 133 as pilot in command · 109 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BLI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.