# Accident 19980621014509A: Cessna 180A, Bay City, MI, June 21, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 1998, 11:45 local time
- Place: Bay City, MI
- Airport: Hayward Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5902° N, 83.8795° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5902&lon=-83.8795&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9753B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9753B-2001-05-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180A (registry code 2072604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180A
- Reported engine: CONT O470K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA210](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA210) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980621014509A

## Narrative

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

ACFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING, ACFT FLIPPED OVER IN A FIELD, BAY CITY, MI. (.4)THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING THE LANDING ROLL A 'RUMBLING NOISE' WAS HEARD AND THE AIRPLANE PULLED SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT WHEN HE APPLIED THE BRAKES.  HE STATED HE PULLED BACK ON THE ELEVATOR TO NO AVAIL, AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED DOWN AND FLIPPED INVERTED.  POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED THE FRONT WHEEL ON THE LEFT FLOAT SEPARATED FROM THE AIRPLANE. THE WHEEL ATTACHMENT BRACKET THEN DUG INTO THE SOD AIRSTRIP WHICH RESULTED IN THE AIRPLANE NOSING OVER.  METALLURGICAL EXAMINATION REVEALED THE LEFT CASTER AXIS BOLT FAILED DUE TO A FATIGUE FRACTURE.                                            (-23) LEFT FLOAT FRONT GEAR PIVOT BOLT BROKE ON ROLLOUT. STINGER ON GEAR DUG INTO SOD RUNWAY, RT CASTING ON RT FRONT GEAR FAILED, STINGER ON THE RIGHT ALSO DUG INTO THE SOD, AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER STRIKING THE TOP OF VERTICAL FIN ON THE GROUND.

## 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 CHI98LA210](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA210), Jun 21, 1998: Cessna 180A (N9753B), Bay City, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: a fatigue failure of the left nose gear caster bolt which resulted in a separation of the nose gear during landing.

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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