# Accident 20160706010829A: Cessna 180J, New Durham, NH, July 6, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2016, 14:30 local time
- Place: New Durham, NH
- Airport: Merry Meeting Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4853° N, 71.1661° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4853&lon=-71.1661&mi=10
- Aircraft: N767MH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N767MH-2018-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180J (registry code 2072622, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180J
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 28,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA370](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA370) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160706010829A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS RETURNING THE AIRPLANE TO  HOME ON MERRYMEETING LAKE IN NEW DURHAM NH. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE  VFR AND THE WINDS WERE REPORTED AS 240 AT 7 GUSTING 14 ON THE LCI AWOS AS THE PILOT REMEMBERS.  THE WAVE FORMS ON  THE LAKE WERE CONSISTENT WITH THAT REPORT AS PILOT CIRCLED ONCE OVER THE LAKE TO CHECK FOR TRAFFIC AND WATER CONDITIONS. PILOT  SELECTED A STRETCH OF WATER FREE OF BOAT TRAFFIC FOR LANDING ALONG THE LAKE'S NORTH SHORE. THE APPROACH HE HAD USED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE APPROACH INTO THE WIND WAS  NORMAL. IMMEDIATELY UPON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRPLANE VEERED SHARPLY LEFT DUG IN AND BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE .EVENTUALLY CAME TO REST INVERTED  WITH THE FLOATS STILL ON THE AIRPLANE PROVIDING FLOTATION UPSIDE DOWN.

## 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 GAA16CA370](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA370), Jul 6, 2016: Cessna 180 (N767MH), New Durham, NH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing after encountering a boat wake, which resulted in the airplane veering left, impacting the water's surface, and subsequently…

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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