Cessna 180K N2572K

Summary

On 28 July 1983 at about 16:37 local time, a Cessna 180K registered N2572K was involved in an accident near Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

28 July 1983 at 16:37

Classification

Accident

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Nearest airport

North Las Vegas (VGT)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 180K

Registration

N2572K

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Salt Lake City → Oceanside

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX83LA361

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 PLT REPORTED THAT DURING TOUCHDOWN, HE HEARD A LOUD SQUEAL FROM A TIRE & FELT THE AIRCRAFT PULL TO THE LEFT. HE STATED THAT HE APPLIED RIGHT AILERON & RUDDER TO KEEP THE ACFT GOING STRAIGHT. HOWEVER, AS THE ACFT SLOWED, IT BEGAN TO VEER LEFT AGAIN. HE SAID THE LEFT TIRE THEN LITERALLY EXPLODED. THE LEFT GEAR STRUT COLLAPSED & THE PROP & LEFT WING TIP CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. THE ACFT THEN VEERED TO THE RIGHT & WENT OFF THE RWY. HOWEVER, THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SPECIALISTS WORKING LOCAL & GROUND CONTROL SAID THEY OBSERVED THE ACFT LAND HARD WITH THE LEFT WING DOWN, BOUNCE ONTO ITS LEFT GEAR, COME BACK DOWN ON THE RWY & DEPART THE RWY AS THE WHEEL SEPARATED. AN EXAM REVEALED THE LEFT MAIN TIRE WAS TORN OR RIPPED ACROSS THE TREAD, SIDEWALL & BOTH BEADS. THE INNER TUBE SHOWED SIMILAR DAMAGE. NO FLAT SPOTS WERE NOTED. THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY WAS FRACTURED & BROKEN, BUT NO PRE-FRACTURE EVIDENCE OF DEFECTS WAS NOTED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.