# Accident 20160114002119A: Cessna 180K, Sussex, NJ, January 14, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 2016, 21:00 local time
- Place: Sussex, NJ
- Airport: Sussex
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2003° N, 74.6231° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2003&lon=-74.6231&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64251, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N64251) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180K (registry code 2072624, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 8,500 total, 250 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA108) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160114002119A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 GAA16CA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA108), Jan 15, 2016: Cessna 180 (N64251), Sussex, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain pitch control during the landing, which resulted in abnormal runway contact, a ground loop, and a nose over.

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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