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| Date: | Sunday 26 May 1991 |
| Time: | 08:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 180 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N115F |
| MSN: | 50495 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Engine model: | Continental O-470-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Devils Lake, ND -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT SAID THAT WHILE LANDING, IN A LIGHT RIGHT CROSSWIND, HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE RUDDER PEDAL. A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL RESULTED WHICH ENDED UP IN A GROUND LOOP. THE ACFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING, LOWER CABIN AREA AND PROPELLER.
Probable Cause: DIRECTIONAL CONTROL NOT MAINTAINED BY THE PILOT. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS A CROSSWIND CONDITION.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI91LA163
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 April 1995 | N115F | Private | 2 | Cantwell, AK | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 20-Mar-2024 08:15 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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