ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 295144
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| Date: | Saturday 4 October 2003 |
| Time: | 10:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 180K |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N77NP |
| MSN: | 18052937 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4920 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-470-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Starkville, Mississippi -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Madison-Bruce Campbell Field Airport, MS (DXE/KMBO) |
| Starkville-George M Bryan Airport, MS (KSTF) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Upon arriving at the destination airport, the pilot established a visual approach to land on runway 18. The reported prevailing winds were 260 degrees at 4 knots. According to the pilot, while landing on runway 18, the right wing came up and the airplane ground looped. The pilot recalled that the left wing and stabilizer struck the ground as the airplane gyrated during the ground loop. A visual examination of the airplane revealed damage to both components. The pilot did not report a mechanical problem with the airplane during the attempted landing. According to the pilot, he had accumulated about 250 flight hours in the Cessna 180K airplane. According to the Cessna 180K Pilot Operating Handbook, the demonstrated crosswind component is 12 knots.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to compensate for a crosswind condition that resulted in the loss of directional control during a landing. A factor was the crosswind condition.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL04LA004
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 March 1993 | N66388 | Dixie Bowl Lanes, Inc. | 0 | Madison, MS | |
sub |
| 23 March 2018 | N77NP | Private | 0 | Canton, MS | |
sub |
| Runway excursion | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Oct-2022 18:31 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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