- Date
- January 30, 1989, 13:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Elk City, ID
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N52095Cessna 180J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890130040169A
- Case key
- 40978
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain a proper runway alignment on touchdown. Contributing to the accident were the soft snow conditions on the ranch airstrip.
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
The plt made and approach to a ranch strip which was covered with packed snow. On landing, the right wheel was not on the packed snow and it sank into a foot of soft snow. The airplane then nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52095
- Reported as
- Cessna 180J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052496
- Airframe hours
- 2,912
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kenrick E. Thomas
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 16, 1988 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- BOI · Boise, ID
- Airport
- Allison Ranch
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 400 total · 150 in this make and model · 400 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F
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 N52095 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.