# NTSB SEA85LA173: Cessna 180G, N5252D, Battle Mountain, NV, July 19, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 19, 1985, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Battle Mountain, NV
- Coordinates: 40.470859, -117.029045 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4709&lon=-117.0290&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): 40205
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA85LA173
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40205/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA173

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,main gear - failure,total (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5252D), registered now, S/N 50150, built 1957 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180G
- Registry model: [Cessna 180A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180a) (registry code 2072604) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 50150
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; 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)

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 ANC93LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC93LA080), Jun 6, 1993: Cessna 180A (N5252D), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTION CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DURING LANDING. THE TAILWIND WAS A FACTOR.

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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