# Accident 20101017049859A: Cessna 180K, Sumner, ME, October 17, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2010, 10:00 local time
- Place: Sumner, ME
- Airport: Two Fools Airport - Private Gr
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6934° N, 69.3819° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6934&lon=-69.3819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2576K (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,060 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11CA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101017049859A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT ON APPROACH TO LAND, AS HE PASSED OVER THE TREES AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY, WITH A HEAD WIND, FELT DOWNDRAFT AND AIRCRAFT LOST ALTITUDE AND STRUCK GROUND.  UPON INSPECTION OF THE AICRAFT, FOUND BOTH GEAR LEGS FOLDED UP AND BROKE OFF AIRCRAFT.  ALSO FOUND IMPRINT IN GROUND AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY, OF AIRCRAFT AND THEN MARKS WHERE AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 175 FEET.

## 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 ERA11CA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA024), Oct 17, 2010: Cessna 180 (N2576K), Summner, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed while on final approach resulting in an aerodynamic stall and a subsequent hard landing.

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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