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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 180 · Bethel, ME · April 28, 2013

Date
April 28, 2013 · 12:00 local
Place
Bethel, ME
Airport
Bethel Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N180VW
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA13CA216
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
420 total116 in this make and model22 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 reported that upon landing, lost crosswind and then returned causing aircraft to go off runway. Upon investigation of the aircraft, found left gear removed from aircraft and left wing bent midway from ground strike. Also prop struck ground.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REPORTED THAT UPON LANDING, LOST CROSSWIND AND THEN RETURNED CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO GO OFF RUNWAY. UPON INVESTIGATION OF THE AIRCRAFT, FOUND LEFT GEAR REMOVED FROM AIRCRAFT AND LEFT WING BENT MIDWAY FROM GROUND STRIKE. ALSO PROP STRUCK GROUND.

NTSB investigation

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