16 May 2010: CESSNA 180

16 May 2010: CESSNA 180 — Unknown operator

No fatalities • Duluth, MN, United States

Probable cause

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

— NTSB Determination

Accident narrative

The pilot was landing to the southeast on a 3,050-foot-long by 75-foot-wide asphalt runway. The winds reported at the time of the accident were from 070 degrees at 3 knots. The pilot said the airplane made a sudden turn to the left approximately 200 to 300 feet down the runway, after a normal touchdown. He applied right rudder and right brake, but the airplane drifted off the left side of the runway and the left wing tip impacted the ground. The airplane came to rest at a 45 degree angle to the runway. The pilot said he had very little recent flight experience. He felt this accident could have been prevented if he had flown with a flight instructor after having been away from flying for such a long period of time. There was substantial damage to the left wing tip and to the spar of the left wing. The pilot reported he was not injured.

Contributing factors

  • cause Directional control — Not attained/maintained
  • cause Pilot

Conditions

Weather
VMC, wind 070/03kt, vis 10sm

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