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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 180 · Humble, TX · June 3, 2010

Date
June 3, 2010 · 13:58 local
Place
Humble, TX
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N154JD
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN10CA297
Reported as
Cessna 180
Reported engine
Continental O-470 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,015 total106 in this make and model9 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 aircraft was on ILS approach into bush intercontinental (kiah) rwy 26R when the pilot communicated his intent to execute an emergency landing due to loss of engine power & fuel state. The pilot reported to ATCT that the aircraft would not make it to bush (kiah) and that he found an alternate field to land on. During the approach to the field, the aircraft loss altitude, and speed resulting in the aircraft hitting the top of a tree, the roof top of a residential home, and the fence behind the residential property.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON ILS APPROACH INTO BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL (KIAH) RWY 26R WHEN THE PILOT COMMUNICATED HIS INTENT TO EXECUTE AN EMERGENCY LANDING DUE TO LOSS OF ENGINE POWER & FUEL STATE. THE PILOT REPORTED TO ATCT THAT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT MAKE IT TO BUSH (KIAH) AND THAT HE FOUND AN ALTERNATE FIELD TO LAND ON. DURING THE APPROACH TO THE FIELD, THE AIRCRAFT LOSS ALTITUDE, AND SPEED RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT HITTING THE TOP OF A TREE, THE ROOF TOP OF A RESIDENTIAL HOME, AND THE FENCE BEHIND THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.

NTSB investigation

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