# NTSB WPR22LA367: Cessna 180H, N2452F, Hermiston, OR, September 27, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: September 27, 2022, 07:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place: Hermiston, OR
- Coordinates: 45.828089, -119.25912 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8281&lon=-119.2591&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: 1 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
- NTSB case key (mKey): 106050
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR22LA367
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106050/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=106050
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA367

## Probable cause

The pilot’s loss of directional control during landing, which resulted in a ground loop.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause)

## Analysis

The pilot of the tailwheel equipped airplane reported that, during the landing roll, as the tailwheel touched down, the airplane veered right and subsequently ground looped. The left wing and the left horizontal stabilizer and elevator were substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## 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)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2452F](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2452F), registered now, S/N 18051654, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180H
- Registry model: [Cessna 180H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180h) (registry code 2072618) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18051654
- Year built: 1966
- Airframe hours: 4717
- Engines: Continental 0470R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 11, 2021, 8 hours before
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: HRI, Hermiston Muni, runway 23, 4,501 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Auto-pilot, Stall warning system

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 64; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, waiver time limited special; last flight review June 10, 2022; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 15,105 total, 900 in this make and model, 14,925 as pilot in command, 450 in the last 90 days, 125 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 54 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 29.93 inHg
- Observed at: KHRI
- METAR: KHRI 271453Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/07 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP132 T01170072 53006

## 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 20220927017259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220927017259A), Sep 27, 2022: Cessna C180, Hermiston, OR, Substantial damage. Stabilized straight in approach Wheel landed aircraft When tail touched down abruptly veered right. Ground loop ensued

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 30, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=106050. 5.4 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 4.8 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14640954&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_flat_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photos (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 629 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14571147&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo-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.

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