ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 292454
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| Date: | Friday 14 April 2006 |
| Time: | 11:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 180 |
| Owner/operator: | Claren Nilsson |
| Registration: | N40LT |
| MSN: | 30527 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1953 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5141 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-470-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Klamath Falls, Oregon -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Klamath Falls-Kingsley Field, OR (LMT/KLMT) |
| Klamath Falls-Kingsley Field, OR (LMT/KLMT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After her initial departure, the pilot flew about 10 minutes south to another airport, where she executed about 10 touch-and-go landings. When the winds started to become variable and gusty at this location, the pilot returned to her initial departure point where she was cleared for a full-stop landing on runway 32. Although the touchdown was uneventful, according to the pilot, during the landing roll a crosswind gust lifted the left wing, and the aircraft began to veer from the runway heading. During her attempt to realign the aircraft with the runway, it turned sharply to the left, and the right wing and right elevator came in contact with the runway surface. The pilot said there did not appear to be any problems with the aircraft's flight controls or tailwheel steering system. After she taxied to parking, the pilot talked to an individual who had landed just before her, and that individual stated that he had also encountered gusty crosswinds. The two pilots estimated the gusts were as high as 15 knots.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the tailwheel-equipped aircraft during the landing roll. Factors include gusty crosswinds.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA06LA076
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 April 1991 | N40LT | Private | 0 | Vernal, UT | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 08-Oct-2022 18:54 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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