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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 180 · Fairbanks, AK · February 13, 2021

Date: February 13, 2021 · 11:56 local
Place: Fairbanks, AK
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1171T
Reported as: Cessna 180
Reported engine: Continental O-470 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,312 total7 in this make and model101 in the last 90 days

N1171TRegistered now · Cessna 180S/N 30363 Airframe modelCessna 180 Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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.

While conducting an instructional flight administering a flight review to a new aircraft owner in his CE-180, they experienced a hard landing. Wx was not an issue, the inicident landing was number 4 for the flight, with no prior landing or operational problems.

PIC stated memory of the final moments unclear, but it appeared the aircraft dropped from too high off the runway.

Damage to landing gear legs, gear box structure, and propeller was evident.

Follow-up inspection with inspection panels removed (2/22/2021) revealed no apparent structural damage occurred as a result of hard landing.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE CONDUCTING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT ADMINISTERING A FLIGHT REVIEW TO A NEW AIRCRAFT OWNER IN HIS CE-180, THEY EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING. WX WAS NOT AN ISSUE, THE INICIDENT LANDING WAS NUMBER 4 FOR THE FLIGHT, WITH NO PRIOR LANDING OR OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS.

PIC STATED MEMORY OF THE FINAL MOMENTS UNCLEAR, BUT IT APPEARED THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED FROM TOO HIGH OFF THE RUNWAY.

DAMAGE TO LANDING GEAR LEGS, GEAR BOX STRUCTURE, AND PROPELLER WAS EVIDENT.

FOLLOW-UP INSPECTION WITH INSPECTION PANELS REMOVED (2/22/2021) REVEALED NO APPARENT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF HARD LANDING.