# Accident 20070801020059A: Cessna 180A, Duluth, MN, August 1, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2007, 10:37 local time
- Place: Duluth, MN
- Airport: Sky Harbor
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.7219° N, 92.0433° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7219&lon=-92.0433&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5016E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5016E-2013-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180A (registry code 2072604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 622 total, 450 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07CA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA253) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070801020059A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT AIRMAN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 14. WINDS WERE 220 DEGREES 14 KTS. GUSTING TO 21 KTS. AIRMAN NOTICED 2 GEESE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO SWERVE AND THEN SKID TO THE RIGHT WHILE FULL RIGHT AILERON AND FULL LEFT RUDDER WERE APPLIED. AIRMAN ADDED FULL POWER TO ATTEMPT A TAKEOFF, AT WHICH TIME THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ONTO THE UPPER FUSELAGE AND CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY. UPON EXITING THE AIRCRAFT, THE AIRMAN NOTICED 2 DEAD GEESE ON THE RUNWAY.

## 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 CHI07CA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA253), Aug 1, 2007: Cessna 180A (N5016E), Duluth, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control, which resulted in impact with terrain during an attempted aborted landing. A factor in the accident was the geese impacted during the landing roll.

## Other reports on N5016E (1)

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

- [Accident 19831127059069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831127059069A), Nov 27, 1983: Cessna 180A (N5016E), Coalinga, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot lost directional control of aircraft during takeoff roll; gear collapsed from sideload.

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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