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FAA accident report · Cessna 180 · Hartland, ME · May 4, 2015

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Date
May 4, 2015 · 18:41 local
Place
Hartland, ME
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2724X
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA15CA068
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
297 total175 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days
N2724XRegistered now · Cessna 180S/N 18051524 · Built 1965Airframe modelCessna 180Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Great moose lake, Hartland, Maine.

The pilot stated that he was attempting a water landing on a north westerly heading concluding a flight that originated from the same lake and lasted approximately 2 hours. The aircraft contacted the water and "bounced". Upon the second contact with the water the aircraft quickly rolled forward and came to rest inverted. The pilot and passenger egressed through the windows and climbed aboard the bottom of the fuselage to await rescue. A nearby boater took them to shore. The pilot reported gusty winds at the time of the attempted landing and stated that may have contributed to the accident. Both floats were heavily damaged, the right float was bent upward and inboard approximately 90 degrees just forward of the forward brace. The left float was bent upward approximately 60 degrees just forward of the forward brace. The underside of the left wing from the outer flap to the tip shows evidence of compression damage that will require a major repair or replacement of the wing.

As the FAA filed it

GREAT MOOSE LAKE, HARTLAND, MAINE.

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING A WATER LANDING ON A NORTH WESTERLY HEADING CONCLUDING A FLIGHT THAT ORIGINATED FROM THE SAME LAKE AND LASTED APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS. THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE WATER AND "BOUNCED". UPON THE SECOND CONTACT WITH THE WATER THE AIRCRAFT QUICKLY ROLLED FORWARD AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER EGRESSED THROUGH THE WINDOWS AND CLIMBED ABOARD THE BOTTOM OF THE FUSELAGE TO AWAIT RESCUE. A NEARBY BOATER TOOK THEM TO SHORE. THE PILOT REPORTED GUSTY WINDS AT THE TIME OF THE ATTEMPTED LANDING AND STATED THAT MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT. BOTH FLOATS WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED, THE RIGHT FLOAT WAS BENT UPWARD AND INBOARD APPROXIMATELY 90 DEGREES JUST FORWARD OF THE FORWARD BRACE. THE LEFT FLOAT WAS BENT UPWARD APPROXIMATELY 60 DEGREES JUST FORWARD OF THE FORWARD BRACE. THE UNDERSIDE OF THE LEFT WING FROM THE OUTER FLAP TO THE TIP SHOWS EVIDENCE OF COMPRESSION DAMAGE THAT WILL REQUIRE A MAJOR REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT OF THE 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.

NTSB GAA15CA068Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportHartland, MEAbnormal runway contact which precipitated a loss of control and nose-over.May 4, 2015 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N2724X · 1

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

Accident 20130531021999ALanding: Touchdown · Concord, NHOn 5/31/2013 N2724X, a Cessna 180 departed pittsfield, me to Concord, NH (con) with one soul on board, the [privacy data omitted]. Upon landing just left of the centerline on runway 35 at con the aircraft stared to track left, the pilot applied right brakes,…May 31, 2013 · Substantial damage