# Accident 20150504009329A: Cessna 180, Hartland, ME, May 4, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2015, 18:41 local time
- Place: Hartland, ME
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9294° N, 69.5197° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9294&lon=-69.5197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2724X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2724X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 297 total, 175 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA15CA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150504009329A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 GAA15CA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA068), May 4, 2015: Cessna 180 (N2724X), Hartland, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: Abnormal runway contact which precipitated a loss of control and nose-over.

## Other reports on N2724X (1)

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

- [Accident 20130531021999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130531021999A), May 31, 2013: Cessna 180 (N2724X), Concord, NH, Substantial damage. On 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…

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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