# NTSB SEA84LA182: Cessna 180, N3117D, Redmond, OR, July 23, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 23, 1984, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Redmond, OR
- Coordinates: 44.25922, -121.219337 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2592&lon=-121.2193&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39975
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84LA182
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39975/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA182

## 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 - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not possible, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - remedial action - not possible, pilot in command

## Analysis

DURING A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A 180 DEGREE WINDSHIFT DURING ROLLOUT. THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AS A RESULT OF THE RESULTING TAILWIND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3117D](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3117D), registered now, S/N 31915, built 1955 (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-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 31915
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-S 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: G. Douglas Campbell
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: BNO, BURNS, OR
- Destination: RDM, REDMOND, OR
- Airport: RDM, Roberts Field, runway 28, 6,998 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 2,006 total, 300 in this make and model, 2,006 as pilot in command, 100 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 45 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: RDM

## 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 19840723034239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840723034239A), Jul 23, 1984: Cessna 180, Redmond, OR, Substantial damage. Wind shifted during landing just after thunderstorm passage. Lost control and aircrafft flipped over.

## Other investigations on N3117D (2)

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.

- [NTSB SEA90LA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA90LA184), Sep 17, 1990: Cessna 180 (N3117D), Enterprise, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING LANDING.
- [NTSB OAK68F0341](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK68F0341), Nov 19, 1967: Cessna 180 (N3117D), Shingle Spg, CA, substantial damage

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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