# Accident 19980409010139A: Cessna 180, Redmond, OR, April 9, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 1998, 11:15 local time
- Place: Redmond, OR
- Airport: Roberts Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2601° N, 121.2197° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2601&lon=-121.2197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2933C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2933C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Reported engine: CONT O470J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 97 total, 33 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA98LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA061) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980409010139A

## Narrative

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

LANDING GUSTY WIND. LOST CONTROL NOSED UP. PROP HIT RUNWAY. FOLDED RIGHT GEAR. BROKE GEAR STRUT OFF MOUNT. (.4)BECAUSE THE WIND CONDITIONS HAD BECOME TOO CHALLENGING TO CONTINUE PRACTICE LANDINGS, THE PILOT, WHO HAD ACCUMULATED ABOUT 35 HOURS IN CONVENTIONAL GEAR AIRCRAFT, DECIDED TO MAKE A FULL-STOP LANDING. DURING THE LANDING ATTEMPT, THE AIRCRAFT HIT HARD, BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR, AND BEGAN TO DRIFT PAST THE LATERAL BOUNDARY OF THE RUNWAY. AT THAT POINT THERE WAS A VOLUNTARY TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT TO THE PRIVATE PILOT-RATED PASSENGER, WHO WAS CO-OWNER OF THE AIRPLANE. THE PASSENGER-PILOT, WHO HAD APPROXIMATELY 180 HOURS OF CONVENTIONAL GEAR TIME, ELECTED NOT TO EXECUTE A GO-AROUND, BUT INSTEAD CONTINUED DOWN THE RUNWAY AND ATTEMPTED A FULL STOP LANDING. DURING THAT LANDING ATTEMPT, THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE RUNWAY SURFACE HARD ENOUGH TO DAMAGE THE GEAR LEG ATTACH SADDLE, AND SOON AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE RIGHT GEAR LEG FOLDED BACK UNDERNEATH THE AIRCRAFT.                             (-23)ON TOUCH AND GO, PILOT LOST CONTROL ON LANDING.  AIRCRAFT WNET UP ON NOSE.  PROPELLER HIT RUNWAY 5-10 FEET FROM CENTER LINE.  RIGHT LANDING GEAR                                            FOLDED, BREAKING OFF AT MOUNT.

## 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 SEA98LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA061), Apr 9, 1998: Cessna 180 (N2933C), Redmond, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The passenger-pilot's excessive rate of descent during touchdown. Factors include the pilot-in-command's inadequate recovery from a hard/bounced landing, the passenger-pilot's failure to execute a…

## Other reports on N2933C (1)

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

- [Accident 19870527025279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870527025279A), May 27, 1987: Cessna 180 (N2933C), Upton, WY, Substantial damage. Severe wind gust blew the aircraft over, taxiing to the ramp after landing. Wind speed exceeded aircraft control.

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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