# NTSB WPR22LA095: Cessna 180, N4750B, Carrizozo, NM, February 10, 2022 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: February 10, 2022, 14:30 local (21:30 UTC) - Place: Carrizozo, NM - Coordinates: 33.383, -105.5237 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3830&lon=-105.5237&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - Parties: FAA FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 104638 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR22LA095 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104638/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104638 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA095 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 180, 65 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072602), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 180, 64 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2072602), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 180, 80 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072602), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Attempted remediation/recovery](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060); cases with it: [Cessna 180, 15 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md?model=2072602), [All aircraft, 1,422 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 180, 23 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2072602), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that, during the landing roll, while attempting to arrest a developing ground loop, the airplane departed the runway onto grass. The airplane collided with a deep rut and spun around. The left wing dropped and contacted the ground, substantially damaging the left wing and left aileron. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N4750B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4750B), registered now, S/N 31648 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 180 (F) - Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 31648 - Year built: 1955 - Airframe hours: 3156 - Engines: Continental O470 225 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Mark Dankel, doing business as P J Killian Inc - Registered owner: P J Killian Inc - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, July 13, 2021, 35 hours before - Departed: KALM, Alamogordo, NM - Destination: F37, Carrizozo, NM - Airport: F37, Carrizozo, runway 24, 5,359 × 75 ft, asphalt - Equipment: ADS-B, Electronic flight bag or handheld device ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 64; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review September 11, 2021; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 1,273 total, 30 in this make and model, 1,191 as pilot in command, 3 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Temperature: 55 °F - Observed at: KSRR, 22 nm away - METAR: SA 10/02/2022 22:15-> METAR KSRR 102215Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/M10 A3015 RMK AO2= ## 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 20220210003609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220210003609A), Feb 10, 2022: Cessna 180, Carrizozo, NM, Substantial damage. On 02/10/2022 @ 1430 MST, a Cessna 180, N4750B, [privacy data omitted], departed the runway after landing at Carrizozo, NM (F37). During the landing roll-out… ## Other investigations on N4750B (1) 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 UNK64X1519](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1519), Apr 30, 1964: Cessna 180 (N4750B), Prt Columbus, OH, substantial damage ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 7, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104638. 2.5 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 1.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13421084&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=N4750B%206120_Redactedflat-Rel.pdf - Photos (item 2, PDF, 4 pages, 1.3 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13420880&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%201-Rel.pdf 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.