# Accident 19990724009719A: Cessna 180, Frankfort, MI, July 24, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1999, 16:30 local time
- Place: Frankfort, MI
- Airport: City-County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6308° N, 86.2296° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6308&lon=-86.2296&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9330C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9330C) (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 O470*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99LA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA251) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990724009719A

## Narrative

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

ACFT LANDED HARD, BOUNCED, AND RAN OFF THE RWY. (.19) ON JULY 25, 1999, AT 1620 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 180, N9330C, OWNED AND PILOTED BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT, RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE ON IMPACT WITH TERRAIN DURING A BOUNCED LANDING ON RUNWAY 15 (3,900 FEET BY 75 FEET, DRY ASPHALT) AT FRANKFORT DOW MEMORIAL FIELD, FRANKFORT, MICHIGAN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT WAS NOT OPERATING ON A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER REPORTED NO INJURIES.  THE PERSONAL FLIGHT DEPARTED SAGINAW COUNTY H. W. BROWN AIRPORT, SAGINAW, MICHIGAN, AT 1430, EN ROUTE TO MANISTEE COUNTY-BLACKER AIRPORT, MANISTEE, MICHIGAN. A WITNESS, WHO IS ALSO A PILOT, STATED THE HE HAD OBSERVED THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT ON A LEFT DOWNWIND PATTERN AND ON FINAL APPROACH FROM ABOUT 100 FEET TO TOUCHDOWN.  THE WITNESS STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT MADE A HARD LANDING FOLLOWED BY A BOUNCE OF APPROXIMATELY 4-5 FEET.  HE ADDED THAT AFTER ANOTHER HARD CONTACT, THE AIRCRAFT THEN VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND SKIDDED OFF THE WEST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE WITNESS REPORTED THAT THE WINDS WERE UNDER 10 MPH FROM 250 DEGREES WITH "NO SIGNIFICANT GUSTS". THE THRESHOLD F OR RUNWAY 15 IS DISPLACED 944 FEET. (-23) WHILE LANDING ON RWY 15 AT FRANKFORT, MI AIRCRAFT BOUNCED INTO THE AIR AFTER HARD LANDING.  AIRCRAFT THEN VEERED TO THE RIGHT, HIT LEFT WING TIP AND CAME TO REST ALONG SIDE OF RUNWAY ON AIRCRAFT NOSE.  RE-EXAM TO BE ACCOMPLISHED.

## 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 CHI99LA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA251), Jul 24, 1999: Cessna 180 (N9330C), Frankfort, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the inadequate flare and the go-around not performed by the pilot.

## Other reports on N9330C (1)

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

- [Accident 20110310003169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110310003169A), Mar 10, 2011: Cessna 180 (N9330C), Mesa, AZ, Substantial damage. On March 10, 2011 at approximately 1400MST, N9330C, a Cessna 180, piloted by ronald apfelbaum, pilot certificate number [privacy data omitted] incurred…

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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