- Date
- July 19, 1985, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Battle Mountain, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5252DCessna 180G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 40205
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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.
Main gear collapsed
Weather condition - high windFactor
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Landing gear,main gear - failure,totalCause
Analysis
While landing at Battle Mountain to refuel, the left main gear collapsed. The wind was reported to be from 360 deg a 18 gusting 30 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5252D
- Reported as
- Cessna 180G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 50150
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Laroy P. Steverson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- CCR · Concord, CA
- Destination
- EKO · Elko, NV
- Airport
- BAM · Lander County, runway 30, 7,300 × 150 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 18 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
Other investigations on N5252D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.