- Date
- June 26, 1987, 17:45 local (Jun 27, 1987, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Dallas, OR
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5270DCessna 180A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870626027479A
- Case key
- 40649
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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.
Nose over
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Wrong runway - selectedCause
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
Analysis
The pilot inadvertently landed with a quartering gusting tailwind. On landing rollout the aircraft nosed over inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5270D
- Reported as
- Cessna 180A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 50168
- Airframe hours
- 1,404
- Engine
- Continental O-470 K, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Walter Long
- Registered owner
- Walter Long
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 1, 1986 · 37 hours before
- Departed
- RTN · Renton, WA
- Destination
- 46S · Dallas, OR
- Airport
- 46S · Dallas, runway 7, 2,200 × 70 ft, gravel
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 71
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 982 total · 318 in this make and model · 937 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5270D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.