- Date
- February 23, 1992, 11:05 local (19:05 UTC)
- Place
- Quilcene, WA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1680CCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920223003389A
- Case key
- 41635
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control. Factors include a poor in flight decision and unfavorable/gusty winds.
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 collided with trees during a balked landing at a 1,300 foot private airstrip. The pilot, who made the decision to land with a tailwind, aborted the landing when a gust of wind caused him to have difficulty maintaining runway alignment after touchdown. After he became airborne, the pilot failed to maintain directional control, and the aircraft impacted the trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1680C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30380
- Airframe hours
- 2,387
- Engine
- Continental O-470J, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald Silsbee
- Registered owner
- Donald Silsbee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 19, 1991 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- SHN · Shelton, WA
- Airport
- Kim Sham Ranch, runway 36, 1,300 × 35 ft, grass/turf
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,400 total · 150 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °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 N1680C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.