# NTSB SEA95LA125: Cessna 180H, N2790X, Monroe, WA, June 23, 1995 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: June 23, 1995, 12:05 local (19:05 UTC) - Place: Monroe, WA - Coordinates: 47.870765, -121.880874 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8708&lon=-121.8809&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor - Status: Completed, report January 29, 1996 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 42171 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA95LA125 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/42171/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA95LA125 ## Probable cause THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr) - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command - In flight collision with terrain/water, go-around (vfr) - Nose over, go-around (vfr) - terrain condition - grass ## Analysis DURING LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND THE PILOT EXECUTED A GO-AROUND. HE APPLIED FULL THROTTLE AND RETRACTED THE FLAPS FROM FULL TO ONE NOTCH. HE REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT SEEMED TO HANG IN A STALL AND DIDN'T ACCELERATE. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY, THEN SETTLED INTO TALL GRASS AND NOSED OVER. ## Factual narrative On June 23, 1995, approximately 1205 hours Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 180H, N2790X, registered to and being flown by an airline transport pilot, was substantially damaged during a nose over following a loss of control during a go around at Firstair Field, Monroe, Washington. The pilot sustained minor injuries. No flight plan had been filed and visual meteorological conditions existed at the time. The flight, which was personal, was to have been operated under 14CFR91, and originated from Arlington, Washington, approximately 1140. The pilot reported that during the landing on runway 25, he bounced and thereafter initiated a go around. He reported that he applied full throttle and retracted the flaps from full to the first-notch setting and pushed the nose down to accelerate. He said the airplane seemed to hang in a stall and didn't accelerate. He said he had the feeling the engine wasn't developing full power, but he didn't have time to look at the engine instruments. The aircraft never gained more than about five to six feet in altitude. The aircraft then veered left off the runway into an area of high grass and began to decelerate rapidly during which contact with the ground followed. The aircraft then nosed over. The pilot observed that "trying to think back on those few seconds it was as if I were dragging a weight from the tail." The aircraft was equipped with a Horton STOL ("Safer Takeoff & Landing") STC modification. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N2790X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2790X-1996-01-12), registration cancelled 1996-01-12, S/N 18051590 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 180H - Registry model: [Cessna 180H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180h) (registry code 2072618) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18051590 - Airframe hours: 4030 - Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470R 230 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Bock, Jeffrey, R. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, March 31, 1995, 45 hours before - Departed: AWO, ARLINGTON, WA - Destination: WA38 - Airport: WA38, Firstair Field, runway 25, 2,092 × 34 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 51; airline transport, flight engineer; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 17,780 total, 129 in this make and model, 6,490 as pilot in command ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 320° at 5 knots - Visibility: 30 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 55 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: PAE, 12 nm away ## 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 19950623044659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950623044659A), Jun 23, 1995: Cessna 180H, Monroe, WA, Substantial damage. Lost control on go around veered off runway area and mushed into tall grass. Nosed over. Stol 180 below power curve ## Other investigations on N2790X (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 LAX93LA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93LA233), May 31, 1993: Cessna 180 (N2790X), Davenport, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL TO AVOID THE HIGH VEGETATION. FACTORS RELATING TO THIS ACCIDENT WERE THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO OBTAIN THE CLIMB AIRSPEED AND THE INADVERTENT… - [NTSB LAX90LA294](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90LA294), Aug 21, 1990: Cessna 180H (N2790X), San Carlos, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE LANDING. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE IN TAILWHEEL AIRCRAFT. - [NTSB LAX90LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90LA126), Mar 26, 1990: Cessna 180H (N2790X), San Carlos, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE LANDING. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.