- Date
- August 10, 1992, 09:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Wibaux, MT
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N63242Cessna 180K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920810031169A
- Case key
- 42873
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Probable cause
A poorly planned approach.
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 reported that while practicing touch-and-go landings, during the third approach and landing, the airspeed was faster than normal. After touch down, the pilot was unable to stop the airplane before the end of the runway, therefore, in order to avoid colliding with a ditch at the end of the runway, the pilot intentionally ground looped the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63242
- Reported as
- Cessna 180K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052839
- Airframe hours
- 288
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Douglas, Duane M.
- Registered owner
- Douglas, Duane M.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 19, 1991 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- SDY · Sidney, MT
- Airport
- Private, runway 11, 1,200 × 80 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 325 total · 260 in this make and model · 235 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.