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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 180 · Halifax, NC · February 20, 2013

Date
February 20, 2013 · 13:30 local
Place
Halifax, NC
Airport
Halifax-Northampton Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9411C
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA13CA141
Reported as
Cessna 180
Reported engine
Continental O-470 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
527 total65 in this make and model11 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.

Pilot was landing the aircraft on runway 20 with a crosswind from the right and touched down left of centerline. Tire tracks indicate the aircraft bounced a minimum of 4 times. Each set of tracks were progessively closer to the left edge of the runway, the closest of which was approximately 4 feet. The tracks then indicate travel back toward the centerline and get narrower, indicating the aircraft spinning around to the right. Two gouges in the runway surface indicate contact from the left wheel rim and two additional gouges from the propeller. The left main gear collapsed and the aircraft came to rest on the left wing.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS LANDING THE AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 20 WITH A CROSSWIND FROM THE RIGHT AND TOUCHED DOWN LEFT OF CENTERLINE. TIRE TRACKS INDICATE THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED A MINIMUM OF 4 TIMES. EACH SET OF TRACKS WERE PROGESSIVELY CLOSER TO THE LEFT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY, THE CLOSEST OF WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 4 FEET. THE TRACKS THEN INDICATE TRAVEL BACK TOWARD THE CENTERLINE AND GET NARROWER, INDICATING THE AIRCRAFT SPINNING AROUND TO THE RIGHT. TWO GOUGES IN THE RUNWAY SURFACE INDICATE CONTACT FROM THE LEFT WHEEL RIM AND TWO ADDITIONAL GOUGES FROM THE PROPELLER. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE LEFT WING.

NTSB investigation

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