Cessna 180 N2935A

Summary

On 31 July 2003 at about 18:00 local time, a Cessna 180 registered N2935A was involved in an accident near St. Johns, Arizona, United States. One person was 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

31 July 2003 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

St. Johns, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

St. Johns Industrial Airpark (SJN)

Coordinates

34.5183, -109.3786

Aircraft

Cessna 180

Registration

N2935A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Raton → St. Johns

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX03CA249

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadequate compensation for a crosswind condition that resulted in a loss of directional control and ground loop. The crosswind was a contributing factor.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was performing a wheel landing on runway 14 and the airplane ground looped, damaging the left landing gear and left wing tip. The landing was normal until the tail wheel touched down. The airplane veered to the right and came to a stop 180 degrees from the runway heading about 3 feet off the runway edge. Throughout much of the morning, the wind's direction was variable and less than 4 knots. A routine aviation weather report (METAR) at SJN indicated that about 6 minutes prior to the accident, winds were from a magnetic heading of 290 degrees at 5 knots. The pilot did not report any mechanical problems with the airplane prior to the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.