20050115000739I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 180 · Salisbury, MD · January 15, 2005

Date: January 15, 2005 · 13:37 local
Place: Salisbury, MD
Airport: Salisbury-Wicomico County Reg
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N10GC
Reported as: Cessna 180
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,200 total180 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N10GCRegistered now · Cessna 180S/N 30159 · Built 1953 Airframe modelCessna 180 Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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.

(-23) Aircraft was on final for landing with the pilot privacy data omitted in the left seat. The touchdown was too fast and the aircraft ballooned into the air. Throttle was added and the torque pulled the aircraft to the left. The aircraft touched down in a left crab and departed runway 05 to the left. As the aircraft left the runway the right gear failed. After the gear failed the right wingtip hit the ground. The pilot stated the wind was about 10 knots right down the runway, but the wind was not a factor.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS ON FINAL FOR LANDING WITH THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ IN THE LEFT SEAT. THE TOUCHDOWN WAS TOO FAST AND THE AIRCRAFT BALLOONED INTO THE AIR. THROTTLE WAS ADDED AND THE TORQUE PULLED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN IN A LEFT CRAB AND DEPARTED RUNWAY 05 TO THE LEFT. AS THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY THE RIGHT GEAR FAILED. AFTER THE GEAR FAILED THE RIGHT WINGTIP HIT THE GROUND. THE PILOT STATED THE WIND WAS ABOUT 10 KNOTS RIGHT DOWN THE RUNWAY, BUT THE WIND WAS NOT A FACTOR.

Other reports on N10GC · 2

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

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