Cessna 180 N180GB

Summary

On 9 July 2018 at about 18:00 local time, a Cessna 180 registered N180GB was involved in an accident near Cut Bank, Montana, 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

9 July 2018 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Cut Bank, Montana, United States

Nearest airport

Cut Bank Intl (CTB)

Coordinates

48.6083, -112.3761

Aircraft

Cessna 180

Registration

N180GB

Category

Airplane

Year built

1953

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Red Deer → Cut Bank

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA18CA404

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the pilot in the tailwheel-equipped airplane, he circled the airport to check the wind direction and speed and then he initiated a final approach about 70 knots with 3 notches of flaps. He reported that the airplane encountered a wind gust before he initiated the landing flare. Upon touchdown, the airplane bounced, and he applied forward yoke pressure. The airplane began to drift right of the runway centerline during the landing roll, and he applied left rudder and left aileron to counter the drift, but when the tailwheel touched down, the airplane veered left. He applied right rudder and right brake, but the right main landing gear collapsed, the left wing lifted, and the right wing struck the ground. The airplane exited the left side of the runway, and it came to rest in the grass safety area. The airplane sustained substantial damage to right wing spar. The pilot reported that, about the time of the accident, the wind was about 7 knots from the west-southwest. The pilot landed the airplane on runway 32. The METAR at the airport reported that, about the time of the accident, the wind was calm and the skies were clear. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.    

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.