Cessna 180K N64000

Summary

On 18 January 1983 at about 16:00 local time, a Cessna 180K registered N64000 was involved in an accident near Billings, Montana, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 January 1983 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Billings, Montana, United States

Nearest airport

Billings (BIL)

Coordinates

45.6499, -108.3790

Aircraft

Cessna 180K

Registration

N64000

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Miles City → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN83LA050

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE TAILWHEEL (CONVENTIONAL GEAR) AIRCRAFT WAS EQUIPPED WITH A ROBERTSON STOL MODIFICATION. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT WITH THIS MODIFICATION, THE PLANE'S STALL SPEED WAS LOWERED TO 28 TO 30 KTS. WHILE IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, TOWER ASKED HIM TO KEEP HIS SPEED UP AND LAND LONG TO MAKE ROOM FOR ANOTHER AIRCRAFT THAT WAS FOLLOWING. A LANDING WAS MADE ON RUNWAY 22 WITH A HEAD WIND AT 10, GUSTING 15 KTS. DURING TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED INTO THE AIR. THE PILOT THEN ADDED POWER, LANDED AND APPLIED BRAKES. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS OF THE FLIGHT CONTROL OR BRAKE SYSTEM WERE REPORTED. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS TRAVELING AT NOT OVER 15 MPH WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.