Cessna 180B N5177E
2 August 2010 · Burnet, Texas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 2 August 2010 at about 13:30 local time, a Cessna 180B registered N5177E, operated by Morgan Edward A, was involved in an accident near Burnet, Texas, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 13:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Burnet, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Burnet Municipal Airport (BMQ)
- Coordinates
- 30.7604, -98.2206
- Aircraft
- Cessna 180B
- Registration
- N5177E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Morgan Edward A
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Llano → Burnet
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN10LA457
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The failure of the tailwheel compression spring, which resulted in a loss of directional control during landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot was flying to an airport with a maintenance facility to have a tailwheel shimmy repaired. Upon arrival at the destination airport, the pilot performed a three point landing, and, during the landing roll, the rudder pedals began to “shudder violently.” The pilot was unable to control the airplane, and it exited the right side of the runway. During the runway excursion, the left wing hit the ground. Postaccident disassembly of the tailwheel revealed that the tailwheel compression spring had broken. The failure of the compression spring allowed the tailwheel to caster freely making controllability of the airplane on the ground difficult.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Jul 2010 | Cessna 180 | Davant, Louisiana, United States | Southern Aviation LLC | Fatal | 1 |
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| 10 Oct 2010 | Cessna 180 | Farmington, New Mexico, United States | Evans Craig M | No injuries | - |
| 21 Jun 2010 | Cessna 180 | Big Creek, Idaho, United States | Keating John C | No injuries | - |
| 9 Sep 2010 | Cessna 180 | Huron, New York, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
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All 2,729 records for this type
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