20081231854339A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 180K · Daytona Beach, FL · December 31, 2008

Date: December 31, 2008 · 15:00 local
Place: Daytona Beach, FL
Airport: Spruce Creek
Phase of flight: Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N37MD
NTSB investigation: NTSBERA09CA127
Reported as: Cessna 180K
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 13,000 total200 in this make and model100 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.

The new aircraft owner privacy data omitted was receiving dual flight instruction from the CFI privacy data omitted. While attempting to land on runway 23 at Spruce Creek (7FL6) the aircraft (N37MD) landed just short of the runway on the paved threshold, hard enough to have both main landing gear break free from it’s structural mounts and then veer off to the right hand side of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

THE NEW AIRCRAFT OWNER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS RECEIVING DUAL FLIGHT INSTRUCTION FROM THE CFI ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 23 AT SPRUCE CREEK (7FL6) THE AIRCRAFT (N37MD) LANDED JUST SHORT OF THE RUNWAY ON THE PAVED THRESHOLD, HARD ENOUGH TO HAVE BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR BREAK FREE FROM IT’S STRUCTURAL MOUNTS AND THEN VEER OFF TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB ERA09CA127Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPort Orange, FLThe pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions during landing. Contributing to the accident were the gusting wind conditions and the pilot's lack of experience in the make and model airplane.Dec 31, 2008 · Substantial damage