# NTSB SEA89LA060: Cessna 180, N2936C, Tacoma, WA, March 30, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 30, 1989, 09:25 local (17:25 UTC)
- Place: Tacoma, WA
- Location: 47.2679° N, 122.5781° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TACOMA NARROWS (TIW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2679&lon=-122.5781&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 12, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40989
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA89LA060
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40989/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA89LA060

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S IMPROPER FLARE AND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM THE BOUNCED LANDING. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE THE PILOT'S LOW TOTAL FLIGHT TIME AND HIS INEXPERIENCE IN THE CESSNA 180 AIRPLANE.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,main gear - overload
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT WAS MAKING MULTIPLE TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. DURING HIS FOURTH TOUCH DOWN, A HARD BOUNCED LANDING OCCURRED. THE AIRCRAFT THEN TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY IN A RIGHT WING & NOSE LOW ATTITUDE, COLLAPSING THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2936C](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2936C), registered now, S/N 30836, built 1954 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 30836
- Airframe hours: 7275
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-1C 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Donald A. Winkelman
- Registered owner: Donald A Winkelman
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 28, 1989, 8 hours before
- Airport: TIW, Tacoma Narrows, runway 17, 5,002 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 72 total, 6 in this make and model, 28 as pilot in command, 72 in the last 90 days, 12 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 45 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: TIW

## 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 19890330005019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890330005019A), Mar 30, 1989: Cessna 180, Tacoma, WA, Substantial damage. Bounced and lost control on landing, came down nose and wing low collapsing the right main gear.

## Other investigations on N2936C (3)

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 LAX87LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA193), Apr 26, 1987: Cessna 180 (N2936C), Fullerton, CA, substantial damage
- [NTSB LAX81DUG41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DUG41), Jul 17, 1981: Cessna 180 (N2936C), Lake Elsinore, CA, substantial damage
- [NTSB NYC70F0010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC70F0010), Jun 9, 1969: Cessna 180 (N2936C), New Salem, MA, substantial damage

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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