# Incident 20140726016119I: Cessna 180A, Burlington, VT, July 26, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 2014, 11:50 local time
- Place: Burlington, VT
- Airport: Burlington
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4924° N, 73.2395° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burlington, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4924&lon=-73.2395&mi=10
- Aircraft: N620MM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N620MM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180A (registry code 2072604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total, 65 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140726016119I

## Narrative

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

UPON LANDING THE CESSNA 180A (TAIL DRAGGER) ON RUNWAY 19 AT THE BURLIGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT VERMONT ABOUT 1150 ON JULY 7TH 2014, PILOT INDICATED HE SENSED SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE LEFT MAIN LANDING WHEEL. THE AIRSPEED WAS DISSIPATING CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO YAW TO THE LEFT. PILOT THOUGHT THE AIRCRAFTS LEFT WHEEL TIRE HAD GONE FLAT. IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN DRECTIONAL CONTROL HE APPLIED SIGNIFICANT RIGHT RUDDER AND AILERION. PILOT STATED THE AMOUT OF COUNTERACTING FORCES CAUSED THE LEFT WING TIP TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER WITH THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE RUNWAY. UPON INSPECTION OF THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL, NO SIGNS OF WEAR ON TIRE AND THE WHEEL BEARINGS HAD NOT SIEZED.  THIS SUGGESTS THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN  A PILOT INDUCED LANDING ERROR

## Other reports on N620MM (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20160220020209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160220020209I), Feb 20, 2016: Cessna 180A (N620MM), St Catherines I, GA, Minor damage. During an aircraft flight, south of savannah, GA the pilot suddenly felt aircraft loose power. Pilot quickly picked a point out to land and proceded to land on…

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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