Cessna 180 N224H

Summary

On 26 September 2001 at about 18:27 local time, a Cessna 180 registered N224H was involved in an accident near Grangeville, Idaho, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

26 September 2001 at 18:27

Classification

Accident

Location

Grangeville, Idaho, United States

Nearest airport

Idaho County (S80)

Coordinates

45.9008, -116.1296

Aircraft

Cessna 180

Registration

N224H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Grangeville → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA01LA174

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions. A factor was variable winds.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported he was landing on runway 07, and that prior to landing, the temporary tower gave him the winds as being from 100 degrees at 7 knots. He stated the winds appeared to him to be fairly steady at these values throughout the approach. The pilot reported that after touchdown with all three wheels on the asphalt and near the end of roll out, with yoke full back and aileron into the wind, the tail lifted and the aircraft yawed to the right. The pilot stated he tried to correct with left rudder and brake, but the tail lifted again and the aircraft yawed to the right much worse than the first time. The aircraft's left main gear then collapsed. The pilot reported that after he got out of the aircraft after the accident, "I was facing looking down runway 07 and the wind was hitting me in the back of the neck." He stated that he then looked at the wind sock and estimated that the wind had changed to southwesterly at about 12 to 15 knots, and that soon afterward the tower was reporting winds from 190 degrees at 12 knots to other aircraft. The pilot indicated on his NTSB accident report that no mechanical malfunction or failure was involved in the accident. Reported winds at three observation stations in an area generally surrounding the accident airport exhibited variability in both direction and speed in a time frame starting about 1 1/2 hours after the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.