# Accident 19961014034159A: Cessna 180, New Richmond, WI, October 14, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 1996, 17:00 local time
- Place: New Richmond, WI
- Airport: New Richmond Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1191° N, 92.5305° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1191&lon=-92.5305&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1535C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1535C-2013-09-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,050 total, 75 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI97LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961014034159A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

BOUNCED AND PORPOISED LANDING, THEN NOSED OVER. PILOT FAILED TO CORRECT AND OR TIMELY GO AROUND. (-23) ON 10/14/96 AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 CDT, CESSNA CE-180-180, N1535C, PILOTED BY MR. DAVID ALLEN JONES, AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT, CERTIFICATE NO. 002492580, MADE A HARD LANDING AT THE NEW RICHMOND AIRPORT (RNH), NEW RICHMOND, WISCONSIN. THE FLIGHT OCCURRED DURING DAY VFR CONDITIONS WHILE MR. JONES WAS GIVING DUAL INSTRUCTION TO MR. PERRY E. GILSTRAP, PRIVATE PILOT, CERTIFICATE NO. 442503483, WHO WAS LOGGING ADDITIONAL TIME IN TYPE FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES. MR. JONES REPORTED THAT WHILE PERFORMING A PRACTICE LANDING ON GRASS RUNWAY 04-22 AT RNH, MR. GILSTRAP BEGAN A SERIES OF UNCONTROLLED "BOUNCES." MR. JONES STATED THAT HE TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, BUT WAS UNABLE TO REGAIN POSITIVE CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. NO INJURIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI97LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA015), Oct 14, 1996: Cessna 180 (N1535C), New Richmond, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the dual student's failure to recover from the bounced landing and the instructor pilot's failure to correct the situation in time.

## Other reports on N1535C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20060618018719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060618018719A), Jun 18, 2006: Cessna 180 (N1535C), Payson, AR, Destroyed, 4 fatal. (-23) The accident aircraft arrived at a dirt strip known as red creek and made a low (150' AGL) and slow pass from east to west into rising terrain with the…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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