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| Date: | Thursday 12 July 1990 |
| Time: | 09:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 180B |
| Owner/operator: | Glenn Cunningham |
| Registration: | N59KM |
| MSN: | 50590 |
| Engine model: | Continental O-470-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Akron, CO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | (KAKO) |
| Rapid City, SD (RAPE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
AFTER TAKEOFF, THE PILOT NOTICED OIL ON THE WINDSCREEN, AND RETURNED FOR LANDING. DURING LANDING ROLL, A GUST PUSHED THE PLANE OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT. THE PLANE GROUND LOPPED, SHEARED THE LEFT MAIN GEAR, NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. THE VERTICAL STABILIZER, TAIL SECTION AND BOTH WINGS WERE DAMAGED.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO CORRECT A SWERVE DURING LANDING ROLL. A FACTOR WAS WIND GUSTS.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN90LA160
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 January 1989 | N59KM | Private | 0 | Nocona, TX | |
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| 21-Mar-2024 10:11 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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