# Incident 20250126000609I: Cessna 180, Alton, NH, January 26, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 2025, 14:00 local time
- Place: Alton, NH
- Airport: Alton Bay
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4564° N, 71.2223° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alton, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4564&lon=-71.2223&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5543A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5543A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 180 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250126000609I

## Narrative

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

ON 1/26/2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 1400L, A CESSNA 180 DEPARTED THE KB18 ALTON NH ICE RUNWAY AIRPORT, OPERATING UNDER CFR PART 91.147 AS A SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT. ON BOARD WERE THREE PASSENGERS AND THE PILOT IN COMMAND, WHO HELD THE PROPER RATINGS AND VALID MEDICAL CERTIFICATE TO CONDUCT THE FLIGHT. AT APPROXIMATELY 1430, THE AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED A LANDING AT THE KB18 AIRPORT. DURING THE LANDING ATTEMPT, BASED ON EVIDENCE PROVIDED TO THIS FSDO AND PARTLY WITNESSED BY A FSDO INSPECTOR WHO WAS CONDUCTING ROUTINE SURVEILLANCE AT THE TIME, THE AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED TO LAND WITH A TAILWIND. BASED ON THE INSPECTOR'S ACCOUNT OF THE WINDSOCK LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY, THERE WAS NEARLY A FULL DEFLECTION TAILWIND INDICATED IN RELATION TO THE DIRECTION IN WHICH THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY AND THEN BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR. THE PILOT THEN INITIATED A GO-AROUND. DURING THE GO-AROUND, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED AN UNCOMMANDED LOSS OF ALTITUDE IN WHICH IT TOUCHED BACK DOWN ON THE RUNWAY, SKIDDED TO THE RIGHT, AND BEGAN TO TIP ON ITS RIGHT WINGTIP. THE RIGHT WINGTIP MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND CLIMB OUT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY ON THE SUBSEQUENT ATTEMPT. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

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