# Accident 20190701008809A: Cessna 175, Coeur D Alene, ID, July 1, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2019, 15:07 local time
- Place: Coeur D Alene, ID
- Airport: Pappy Boyington Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.7744° N, 116.8194° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7744&lon=-116.8194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9235B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9235B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175 (registry code 2072502, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR GO-300 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 173 total, 10 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA381](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA381) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190701008809A

## Narrative

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

ON RETURNING TO COE FROM THE SOUTH PILOT ENTERED A DOWNWIND LANDING FOR 20 AT A 45-DEGREE AND FLEW A STANDARD TRAFFIC PATTERN. WIND WAS REPORTED AS VARIABLE AT 4 KNOTS. ON FINAL, PILOT CONTROL INPUT WAS SLIGHT RH AILERON DOWN PRESSURE TO COUNTERACT A SLIGHT CROSSWIND AND RUDDER PRESSURE TO KEEP ON CENTERLINE. HE FLEW THE VASI LIGHTS AND WAS DOUBLE WHITE IN A STABLE DESCENT AT 55-60 MPH. HE TOUCHED DOWN ONE MAIN FIRST ABOUT THE 1000? BARS ON CENTERLINE INITIALLY THEN BOUNCED A COUPLE (2-3) FEET BACK IN AIR, DUE TO STIFF GEAR.  APPLIED BACK PRESSURE AND WAS CAUGHT BY A GUST OF WIND PUSHING TAIL TO LEFT AND BY TIME HE WAS ABLE TO REACT AIRCRAFT WAS ALREADY STARTING A GROUND LOOP WHICH TOOK HIM TO THE RIGHT OFF THE RUNWAY SURFACE INTO THE GRASS TOWARD RUNWAY 24. ABOUT 15? INTO GRASS HIS TAILWHEEL CAUGHT IN A CLUMP OF GRASS AND A DIVOT, WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SPIN RAPIDLY CAUSING THE WING AND TAIL TO DIP MAKING CONTACT WITH THE GROUND CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO LEFT WING, LEFT AILERON AND LEFT HORIZONTAL STAB. PILOT BELIEVED IT WAS A NORMAL BOUNCE AND HE FOLLOWED NORMAL PROCEDURES BY APPLYING BACK STICK PRESSURE. HINDSIGHT HE BELIEVES IF HE HAD MORE AILERON INPUT IN HE WOULD NOT HAVE SPUN AS EASILY.

## 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 GAA19CA381](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA381), Jul 1, 2019: Cessna 175 (N9235B), Coeur d'Alene, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing, and his subsequent failure to maintain directional control during landing with a gusting crosswind, which resulted in a…

## Other reports on N9235B (2)

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

- [Accident 20230131003559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230131003559A), Jan 31, 2023: Cessna 175 (N9235B), Coeur D Alene, ID, Substantial damage. This accident involved a Cessna C175 operating under part 91. The flight was conducted as a currency flight for [privacy data omitted], a private pilot, flying…
- [Incident 20200720005029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200720005029I), Jul 20, 2020: Cessna 175 (N9235B), Lewiston, ID, Minor damage. During landing in crosswind on runway 30 at Lewiston lws. Flight instructor with student pilot loss directional and attitude control of aircraft during landing…

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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