# NTSB WPR24LA279: Cessna 180A, N5216D, Boise, ID, August 17, 2024 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: August 17, 2024, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC) - Place: Boise, ID - Coordinates: 43.564361, -116.22286 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5644&lon=-116.2229&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: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 194947 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR24LA279 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194947/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194947 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA279 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing in gusting wind conditions. ## 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); cases with it: [Cessna 180A, 15 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2072604), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 180A, 15 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072604), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Wind: dust devil/whirlwind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034060): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on operation; cases with it: [Cessna 180A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034060/cases.md?model=2072604), [All aircraft, 38 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034060/cases.md) - [Wind: gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 180A, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md?model=2072604), [All aircraft, 1,199 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/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 180A, 16 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072604), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that, during the landing roll, the airplane suddenly yawed right. The pilot attempted to correct the movement by adding engine power, and applying left rudder and right aileron inputs; however, the airplane continued to the right and began skipping on its tires. Subsequently, the left main landing gear support structure fractured, and the airplane nosed over and came to rest on its main landing gear and propeller. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N5216D](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5216D), registered now, S/N 50114, built 1957 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 180A - Registry model: [Cessna 180A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180a) (registry code 2072604) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 50114 - Year built: 1957 - Airframe hours: 5812 - Engines: Continental O-470-50 265 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Sixty North LLC - Registered owner: Sixty North LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, June 1, 2024 - Departed: KMAN, Nampa, ID - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: BOI, Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field, runway 10L, 10,000 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 65; injuries: none; private, flight instructor, commercial, airline transport, remote; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, waiver time limited special; last flight review July 3, 2024; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 8,000 total, 450 in this make and model, 7,900 as pilot in command, 107 in the last 90 days, 30 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 130° at 14 knots, gusting 20 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 100 °F, dew point 30 °F - Altimeter: 29.75 inHg - Turbulence: Light - Observed at: KBOI, 1 nm away - METAR: KBOI 172153Z 13014G20KT 10SM CLR 38/M01 A2975 RMK AO2 PK WND 14027/2141 SLP037 T03781011 ## 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 20240817018769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240817018769A), Aug 17, 2024: Cessna 180A, Boise, ID, Substantial damage. Pilot stated on 8/17/2024 approximately 1600 I was returning to Boise Idaho from nampa Idaho kman. I contacted big sky approach and notified them of my… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 6, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194947. 36.1 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 7.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17757842&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120%20Flattened_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photo array (item 2, PDF, 4 pages, 3 photos, 1.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17757931&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array-Rel.pdf - Video file (item 3, MP4, 27.3 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18351529&FileExtension=mp4&FileName=PARKING%20GARAGE%20WEST%20-%20TAXI%20LANE-2024-08-17_15h41min04s542ms-Rel.mp4 From the NTSB's public API. 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