- Date
- July 20, 1991, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Cody, WY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3343DCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910720034279A
- Case key
- 41492
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Probable cause
Pilot's failure to maintain proper runway alignment. Factors were diverted attention, and gusty crosswinds.
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 pilot of the Cessna 180, who had landed with a 20 knot crosswind, lost control of the aircraft when his attention was diverted from the runway, as he atempted to take hold of the flap actuation handle.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3343D
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32141
- Engine
- Continental O-470-J, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jerald L. Baxter
- Registered owner
- Jerald L. Baxter
- Departed
- 0U6 · Jackpot, NV
- Airport
- COD · Yellowstone Regional, runway 4, 8,500 × 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,892 total · 790 in this make and model · 2,750 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °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.
Other investigations on N3343D · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.