# Accident 19990926027819A: Cessna 180, Pilot Point, AK, September 26, 1999 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: September 26, 1999, 15:00 local time - Place: Pilot Point, AK - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Operator: L8RC - Location: 57.4999° N, 157.2799° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.4999&lon=-157.2799&mi=10 - Aircraft: N4563B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4563B) (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: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 5,250 total, 3,800 in this make and model, 225 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC99LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99LA154) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990926027819A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (.19) ON SEPTEMBER 26, 1999, ABOUT 1500 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 180 AIRPLANE, N4563B, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING LANDING AT AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING SITE ABOUT 32 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF PILOT POINT, ALASKA, AT 57 DEGREES 02 MINUTES NORTH LATITUDE, 157 DEGREES 33 MINUTES WEST LONGITUDE. THE SOLO COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 AS A BUSINESS FLIGHT IN SUPPORT OF THE PILOT'S HUNTING LODGE. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED THE PILOT'S MAIN CAMP ON PUMICE CREEK, ALASKA, ABOUT 1450, TO PICK UP CLIENTS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. DURING A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW WITH THE NTSB INVESTIGATOR-IN-CHARGE (IIC) ON SEPTEMBER 29, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS LANDING ON A 1,000 FEET LONG CINDER AREA. HE DESCRIBED THE VISIBILITY AS UNLIMITED, THE WINDS CALM, AND SAID THERE WAS LIGHT RAIN ON THE WINDSHIELD. THE AIRPLANE WAS IN THE LANDING FLARE WHEN THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR CONTACTED A TWO FEET HIGH TUNDRA HUMMOCK. HE SAID THAT WHEN THE MAIN WHEELS TOUCHED DOWN, THE LEFT LANDING GEAR LEG COLLAPSED. THE LEFT ELEVATOR, AND LEFT AILERON SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. HE TO LD THE IIC THAT HE HAD LANDED IN THE SAME LOCATION NUMEROUS TIMES, AND DURING THIS LANDING HAD AN ERROR IN JUDGMENT. (-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT ON SEPTEMBER 26, 1999 HE WAS LANDING ON A 1,000 FEET LONG CINDER AREA. HE DESCRIBED THE VISIBILITY AS UNLIMITED, THE WINDS CALM AND THERE WAS LIGHT RAIN ON THE WINDSHIELD. THE AIRPLANE WAS IN THE LANDING FLARE WHEN THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR CONTACTED A TWO FEET HIGH TUNDRA HUMMOCK. THE PILOT SAID THAT WHEN THE MAIN WHEELS TOUCHED DOWN THE LEFT LANDING GEAR LEG COLLAPSED. THE LEFT ELEVATOR AND LEFT AILERON SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. MR. LA ROSE SAID THAT HE HAD LANDED IN THE SAME LOCATION NUMEROUS TIMES, AND DURING THIS LANDING HE HAD AN ERROR IN JUDGEMENT. (.4) THE PILOT WAS LANDING ON AN APPROXIMATE 1,000 FEET LONG VOLCANIC CINDER AREA. HE DESCRIBED THE VISIBILITY AS UNLIMITED, THE WINDS AT FIVE KNOTS, AND SAID THERE WAS LIGHT RAIN ON THE WINDSHIELD. THE AIRPLANE WAS IN THE LANDING FLARE WHEN THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR CONTACTED A TWO FEET HIGH TUNDRA HUMMOCK. HE SAID THAT WHEN THE MAIN WHEELS TOUCHED DOWN, THE LEFT LANDING GEAR LEG COLLAPSED. THE LEFT ELEVATOR, AND LEFT AILERON SUSTAINED SUBSTANT IAL DAMAGE. HE TOLD THE IIC THAT HE HAD LANDED IN THE SAME LOCATION NUMEROUS TIMES, AND DURING THIS LANDING MISJUDGED THE TOUCHDOWN POINT. ## 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 ANC99LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99LA154), Sep 26, 1999: Cessna 180 (N4563B), Pilot Point, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of the touchdown point. A factor in the accident was the uneven terrain. ## Other reports on N4563B (4) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20050425007849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050425007849A), Apr 25, 2005: Cessna 180 (N4563B), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) The PIC [privacy data omitted] landed at Merrill field runway 24 with about an 8 to 10 knot quartering left tail wind. The aircraft is equipped with gar… - [Accident 20020908025959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020908025959A), Sep 8, 2002: Cessna 180 (N4563B), Portheiden, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) On September 8, 2002, at approximately 1400 hrs. Alaska daylight time, a wheel-equipped Cessna 180 airplane, N4563B sustained substantial damage during… - [Accident 19930920039289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930920039289A), Sep 20, 1993: Cessna 180 (N4563B), Pumice Creek, AK, Substantial damage. Gusty severe crosswind on landing. Began go around aborted due unstable winds. Ground looped on unimproved strip. - [Accident 19790826021549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790826021549A), Aug 26, 1979: Cessna 180 (N4563B), Tyonick, AK, Substantial damage. Airplane wing hit brush during takeoff roll. Aircraft ground-looped. 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. 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