# Accident 19990730026949A: Cessna 180K, Shawano, WI, July 30, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1999, 06:30 local time
- Place: Shawano, WI
- Airport: Shawano Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7699° N, 88.5792° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7699&lon=-88.5792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4809E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4809E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180K (registry code 2072624, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180K
- Reported engine: CONT O470U
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 104 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99LA271](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA271) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990730026949A

## Narrative

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

(.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.

## 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 CHI99LA271](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA271), Jul 30, 1999: Cessna 180K (N4809E), Shawano, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the pilot to maintain directional control. Factors were the misjudged flare and improper recovery from the bounced landing by the pilot, and the ditch.

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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