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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 180 · Skaneateles, NY · May 13, 2010

Date
May 13, 2010 · 16:30 local
Place
Skaneateles, NY
Airport
Skaneateles Aero Drome
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N180TX
Reported as
Cessna 180
Reported engine
Continental O-470
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,200 total116 in this make and model19 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.

On 5/14/2010 aircraft N180TX a Cessna 180 attempted to take off from airport 6B9 (Skaneateles Aero Drome) enroute to N03 (cortland). While going down runway 22 the front wheels (aircraft on floats) dug into the grass turf and the aircraft flipped over. The pilot report he then found himself upside down with the engine still running slinging mud into the cockpit/cabin areas because the windscreen had broken. The aircraft received damaged to both front gear, the propeller, windscreen, vertical tail and both wings top leading edges midsection area (skin only). The aircraft also received damage while attempting to flip the aircraft back over in the aft fuselage area just behind the cargo door. The skin was wrinkled and dented. No injuries occured.

As the FAA filed it

ON 5/14/2010 AIRCRAFT N180TX A CESSNA 180 ATTEMPTED TO TAKE OFF FROM AIRPORT 6B9 (SKANEATELES AERO DROME) ENROUTE TO N03 (CORTLAND). WHILE GOING DOWN RUNWAY 22 THE FRONT WHEELS (AIRCRAFT ON FLOATS) DUG INTO THE GRASS TURF AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER. THE PILOT REPORT HE THEN FOUND HIMSELF UPSIDE DOWN WITH THE ENGINE STILL RUNNING SLINGING MUD INTO THE COCKPIT/CABIN AREAS BECAUSE THE WINDSCREEN HAD BROKEN. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGED TO BOTH FRONT GEAR, THE PROPELLER, WINDSCREEN, VERTICAL TAIL AND BOTH WINGS TOP LEADING EDGES MIDSECTION AREA (SKIN ONLY). THE AIRCRAFT ALSO RECEIVED DAMAGE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FLIP THE AIRCRAFT BACK OVER IN THE AFT FUSELAGE AREA JUST BEHIND THE CARGO DOOR. THE SKIN WAS WRINKLED AND DENTED. NO INJURIES OCCURED.