19990730026949A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 180K · Shawano, WI · July 30, 1999

Date
July 30, 1999 · 06:30 local
Place
Shawano, WI
Airport
Shawano Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4809E
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI99LA271
Reported as
Cessna 180K
Reported engine
Continental O470U
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
200 total104 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(.19) On July 30, 1999, about 1700 central daylight time, a Cessna 180K, N4809E, piloted by a private pilot, sustained substantial damage during landing on runway 29 (3,900 feet by 75 feet, dry/asphalt), at the Shawano Municipal Airport, Shawano, Wisconsin. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight was being conducted under the provisions of 14 CFR part 91 and was not on a flight plan. The pilot, who was the sole occupant, reported no injuries. The flight had originated about 1630 from the Shawano Municipal Airport for a local flight. In a written statement, the pilot said that he landed hard and the aircraft "...bounced and came back down." The pilot stated that he attempted to correct for the "...slight crosswind..." And subsequently departed the runway into the grass adjacent to the runway. The pilot said that the aircraft "slowed rapidly [and] went into [a] dip in [the] infield and flipped over." The aircraft came to rest in an inverted position. A postaccident examination of the aircraft revealed no preexisting anomalies. (-23)landed on runway 29, landed a little hard. Aircraft bounced and came back down. Adjusted for slight wind gust, aircraft veered left off runway onto soft ground. Main gear slowed rapidly in soft ground and aircraft flipped over forward.

As the FAA filed it

(.19) ON JULY 30, 1999, ABOUT 1700 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 180K, N4809E, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 29 (3,900 FEET BY 75 FEET, DRY/ASPHALT), AT THE SHAWANO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, SHAWANO, WISCONSIN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91 AND WAS NOT ON A FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED ABOUT 1630 FROM THE SHAWANO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT. IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT, THE PILOT SAID THAT HE LANDED HARD AND THE AIRCRAFT "...BOUNCED AND CAME BACK DOWN." THE PILOT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT FOR THE "...SLIGHT CROSSWIND..." AND SUBSEQUENTLY DEPARTED THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT SAID THAT THE AIRCRAFT "SLOWED RAPIDLY [AND] WENT INTO [A] DIP IN [THE] INFIELD AND FLIPPED OVER." THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN AN INVERTED POSITION. A POSTACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED NO PREEXISTING ANOMALIES. (-23)LANDED ON RUNWAY 29, LANDED A LITTLE HARD. AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND CAME BACK DOWN. ADJUSTED FOR SLIGHT WIND GUST, AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT OFF RUNWAY ONTO SOFT GROUND. MAIN GEAR SLOWED RAPIDLY IN SOFT GROUND AND AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER FORWARD.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.