- Date
- April 28, 1988, 09:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Elko, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2952CCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880428036559A
- Case key
- 40809
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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.
Analysis
During landing roll the pilot lost directional control of the aircraft with a groundloop resulting. The pilot had a total time of 17 hours in this type of aircraft and 152 hours total flight time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2952C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30852
- Airframe hours
- 5,276
- Engine
- Continental O-470-A, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sharon And Ron Shane
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 23, 1988 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- 004 · Carson City, NV
- Destination
- EKO · Elko, NV
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- EKO · Elko Municipal, runway 5, 6,401 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 152 total · 17 in this make and model · 105 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EKO
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 N2952C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.