Cessna 180 N4796B

Summary

On 14 April 2019 at about 20:20 local time, a Cessna 180 registered N4796B was involved in an accident near Limington, Maine, 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

14 April 2019 at 20:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Limington, Maine, United States

Nearest airport

Limington-Harmon (63B)

Coordinates

43.7631, -70.6725

Aircraft

Cessna 180

Registration

N4796B

Category

Airplane

Year built

1955

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fryeburg → Limington

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA19CA214

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during touchdown, which resulted in runway excursion onto snow.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that, after touchdown, during the landing roll, airplane ground looped and veered right. He corrected with left aileron and rudder, but the airplane continued right, exited the runway, and rolled over a snowbank. Subsequently, the airplane became momentarily airborne and then touched down again. The left main landing gear (MLG) sank into the snow, and the propeller, left MLG, and left wingtip impacted terrain. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left-wing rib. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.