NTSB investigations: Cessna 180A
21 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Cessna 180A, where the first occurrence was “Loss of control - on ground/water”. Aircraft are matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model, so older matches can be wrong.
Cases per year
| 1983 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 1984 | 3 |
| 1985 | 1 |
| 1988 | 2 |
| 1989 | 1 |
| 1991 | 1 |
| 1993 | 1 |
| 1994 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 |
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duckdb -csv -c "SELECT c.\"ntsbNumber\", c.\"eventDate\", c.\"eventType\", c.\"eventCity\", c.\"eventStateOrRegion\", a.n_number, a.\"aircraftMake\", a.\"aircraftModel\", c.\"highestInjuryLevel\", c.\"totalFatal\", c.\"completionStatus\", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c.\"mKey\" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2072604')
AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o.\"occurrenceNumber\" = 1 AND o.\"occurrenceCode\" = 260))
ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"Prints the whole list as CSV. It reads the release’s Parquet files over HTTPS, so there’s nothing to download first. Install DuckDB to run it.
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2072604')
AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 260))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESCRun it at the DuckDB prompt, or in any tool that reads Parquet over HTTPS. More ways to query the release are on Use the data.
NTSB DEN07CA111Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 180A · Loveland, COThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing.NTSB ATL07CA008Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna CE-180-A · Statesville, NCThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in an on-ground collision with the runway.NTSB ANC06CA060Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 180 · Sterling, AKThe pilot's inadequate compensation for a crosswind during the landing roll, which resulted in an on-ground encounter with the runway surface. Factors contributing to the accident were a crosswind, and an inadvertent ground loop.NTSB CHI05CA268Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 180A · Lodi, WIThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing resulting in a nose-over.NTSB DEN04CA062Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 180A · Las Vegas, NMthe pilot's decision to takeoff in wind conditions that consisted of a quarterly tailwind and a crosswind in excess of the maximum demonstrated crosswind component, and his failure to maintain directional control.NTSB CHI02LA207Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna C180A · Ogallala, NEThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft. The open window diverting the pilot's attention was a contributing factor.NTSB ANC99LA102Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 180A · Gustavus, AKThe pilot's inadvertent ground loop/swerve.NTSB NYC96LA128Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 180 · Fulton, NYThe pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions.NTSB ANC94LA033Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 180A · Anchorage, AKThe failure of the pilot-in-command to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing rollout. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of recent experience in the airplane.NTSB ANC93LA080Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 180A · Anchorage, AKThe pilot's failure to maintain direction control of the airplane during landing. The tailwind was a factor.NTSB ANC91LA127Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 180A · King Salmon, AKThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the takeoff run. Contributing to the accident was the rough water.NTSB ANC89LA054Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 180-A · Skwentna, AKThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the takeoff run. A contributing factor to the accident is the pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing/takeoff site.NTSB ANC88LA098Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 180A · Northway, AKThe commercially certificated pilot was landing at Northway, AK., when the airplane ground-looped to the left. He reportedly had also ground-looped the same airplane when he landed at whitehorse, Canada, just prior to the landing at Northway. A post-accident…NTSB ATL88LA157Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 180A · Danville, KYThe plt performed a wheel landing and attempted to hold the tailwheel off the runway surface with nose down elevator. The right wing began to lift and the acft veered to the right. Remedial control inputs were made and the left main landing gear axle…NTSB ANC85LA185Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 180A · Glennallen, AKThe pilot stated the aircraft left wing was raised by a gust of wind. The aircraft accelerated rapidly in a si deways attitude to the right. The wind gust encountered and the fact the landing roll was almost completed CA used a situation that was beyond the…NTSB SEA84LA214Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 180A · Scappoose, ORThe pilot stated that during the takeoff ground run, just prior to rotation, he 'took a sharp gust of wind from the left and ground looped the aircraft.'NTSB SEA84LA077Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 180-A · Garfield, WAThe acft was landed in a soft stubble field. The landing gear mired and the acft ground looped breaking the right main landing gear.NTSB LAX84LA191Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 180A · Truckee, CAPrior to takeoff, the plt had to push the acft out of mud where the right landing gear had sunk into the ground. He took off and flew for 1/2 an hour. The plt reported that during the landing, the right brake seemed to be frozen and the acft swerved to the…NTSB LAX84LA080Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 180A · Coalinga, CAWhile departing, the acft began veering left as the tailwheel came off the ground during the takeoff roll. It rolled onto a hard dirt shoulder to the left of the asphalt rwy. The plt reported that he corrected the drift by applying right rudder & the acft…NTSB MKC84LA026Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 180A · Topeka, KSThe acft veered off the rwy into the grass and collapsed the main landing gear during takeoff. The pilots seat slid aft as the acft accelerated and the pilot lost control of the acft. The acft veered off the left side of the runway into the grass. The pilot…NTSB CHI83LA073Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 180 · Monee, ILThe acft ran off the right side of the runway during landing on rwy 27. The wind was from 320 to 350 degrees at 12-15 KTS. After the acft left the rwy it encountered soft plowed ground and nosed over. The pilot had only 6 hrs solo in make and model.