# NTSB SEA91LA101: Cessna 180, N51612, Drewsey, OR, May 10, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 9, 1991, 19:30 local (May 10, 1991, 02:30 UTC)
- Place: Drewsey, OR
- Coordinates: 43.810981, -118.489418 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8110&lon=-118.4894&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report February 8, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 41425
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA91LA101
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/41425/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA91LA101

## Probable cause

THE PILOT DELAYED IN GOING-AROUND.

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with weather, landing - aborted
  - weather condition - updraft
- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - object - residence
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

AT THE END OF A PLEASURE FLIGHT, THE PILOT SET-UP AN APPROACH FOR LANDING AT A PRIVATE DIRT AIRSTRIP.  THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED-DOWN AND WAS CAUGHT IN AN UP-DRAFT.  THE AIRPLANE BECAME AIRBORNE AND FLOATED DOWN THE STRIP. THE PILOT OPTED TO GO-AROUND AND HAD TO MANEUVER UNDER A POWER LINE LOCATED AT THE END OF THE AIRSTRIP.  THE AIRPLANE CLEARED THE POWER LINE, HOWEVER, THE RIGHT WING COLLIDED INTO THE CARPORT, WHICH IS ATTACHED TO A HOUSE THAT IS ALSO AT THE END OF THE AIRSTRIP.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N51612](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51612-1992-08-05), registration cancelled 1992-08-05, S/N 31490 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 31490
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470J 225 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Walter L. Sitz
- Registered owner: Walter L. Sitz
- Departed: BNO, BURNS, OR
- Destination: NONE, DREWSEY, OR
- Airport: NONE, Unk/Na, runway 9, 1,000 × 30 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 1,500 total, 500 in this make and model, 1,400 as pilot in command, 100 in the last 90 days, 25 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 20 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Temperature: 50 °F, dew point -0 °F

## 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 19910509015509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910509015509A), May 9, 1991: Cessna 180, Drewsey, OR, Destroyed. Attempted landing in crosswind on Private strip in front of,house wing hit carport. Jammed aileron went down bank.

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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