Cessna 180 N4814

Summary

On 24 May 2006 at about 02:00 local time, a Cessna 180 registered N4814, operated by Thomas W. Bullard, was involved in an accident near Sterling, Alaska, 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

24 May 2006 at 02:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Sterling, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

60.5289, -150.7200

Aircraft

Cessna 180

Registration

N4814

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Thomas W. Bullard

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Anchorage → Sterling

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC06CA060

Nobody was injured.

The 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.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The certificated commercial pilot was landing at a private airstrip at the conclusion of a CFR part 91 personal flight. The airstrip did not have a windsock, but the pilot said he anticipated a right crosswind, and estimated the wind as about 10 knots. He said the airplane touched down, and then bounced slightly. The airplane began to veer to the right, and he attempted to stop the turn by applying left rudder and left brake. The turn continued, and the airplane ground looped to the right, sustaining damage to the left wing, the left horizontal stabilizer, and the left main landing gear.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.