20160114002119A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 180K · Sussex, NJ · January 14, 2016

Date
January 14, 2016 · 21:00 local
Place
Sussex, NJ
Airport
Sussex
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N64251
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA16CA108
Reported as
Cessna 180K
Reported engine
Continental O-470 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
8,500 total250 in this make and model30 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.

N64251 was on approach to runway 3 at Sussex, NJ on the night of 1/14/16. Mike mendiburu was flying in the left seat and chris shaeffner was acting as PIC and instructing from the right seat. They made a normal approach and 3 point landing on rwy 3. Upon touchdown the airplane "hopped" and began to drift right. The right wing began to lift up and the left wing started dropping. The airplane then settled back down on the runway while continuing to the right and nosed over on the right side of the runway. No injuries to those on board.

As the FAA filed it

N64251 WAS ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 3 AT SUSSEX, NJ ON THE NIGHT OF 1/14/16. MIKE MENDIBURU WAS FLYING IN THE LEFT SEAT AND CHRIS SHAEFFNER WAS ACTING AS PIC AND INSTRUCTING FROM THE RIGHT SEAT. THEY MADE A NORMAL APPROACH AND 3 POINT LANDING ON RWY 3. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRPLANE "HOPPED" AND BEGAN TO DRIFT RIGHT. THE RIGHT WING BEGAN TO LIFT UP AND THE LEFT WING STARTED DROPPING. THE AIRPLANE THEN SETTLED BACK DOWN ON THE RUNWAY WHILE CONTINUING TO THE RIGHT AND NOSED OVER ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. NO INJURIES TO THOSE ON BOARD.

NTSB investigation

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