# NTSB SEA85LA222: Cessna 180, N8062V, Klamath Falls, OR, September 22, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 22, 1985, 12:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Klamath Falls, OR
- Coordinates: 42.309837, -122.070037 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3098&lon=-122.0700&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40245
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA85LA222
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40245/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA222

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, landing
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE ACFT FOLLOWING A BOUNCED LANDING. THE ACFT VEERED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RWY WHERE IT CONTACTED AN AREA OF TALL GRASS AND NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8062V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8062V-2014-11-19), registration cancelled 2014-11-19, S/N 18052242 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180h) (registry code 2072618) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18052242
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Richard Newman
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: RNO, RENO, NV
- Destination: LMT, KLAMATH FALLS, OR
- Airport: LMT, Kingsley

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 100° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: LMT

## 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 19850922059569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850922059569A), Sep 22, 1985: Cessna 180H, Klamath Falls, OR, Substantial damage. Bounced on landing, directional control was lost. Veered into grass and flipped inverted.

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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