Cessna 180 N180XP

Summary

On 24 April 2008 at about 16:30 local time, a Cessna 180 registered N180XP, operated by Berge Christian F, was involved in an accident near Blanding, Utah, 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

24 April 2008 at 16:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Blanding, Utah, United States

Nearest airport

Blanding Municipal (KBDG)

Coordinates

37.5872, -109.4853

Aircraft

Cessna 180

Registration

N180XP

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Berge Christian F

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Eagle City → Blanding

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA08LA110

Nobody was injured.

The fatigue failure of the right main landing gear leg during the landing roll.

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

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During the landing roll, the pilot began to apply right rudder and right brake in order to compensate for the airplane turning to the left. During that sequence, the right main landing gear leg separated from the airframe at the point where it protrudes from the fuselage. The airplane then slid off the runway onto the surrounding soft terrain. An inspection of the gear leg by the NTSB Materials Laboratory determined that the metallurgical features discovered on the right main landing gear leg were consistent with separation due to a fatigue fracture that had initiated in a corrosion pit under a gear leg clamping mechanism. In addition to the fatigue region at the origin area, three smaller fatigue regions were detected within the shear lip of the fracture.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.