- Date
- March 14, 1992, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Clarence, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7019Cessna 180C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920314010509A
- Case key
- 11771
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate inflight decision to land with a defective ski landing gear on unsuitable terrain, which resulted in a nose over.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot reported that after takeoff, he pumped the skis down. He noticed the ski tips were low. He stated that he decided to do a touch and go landing. During the landing, the right ski dug into the snow and dirt, causing the right gear to collapse. According to the pilot, the airplane skidded about 200 feet and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7019
- Reported as
- Cessna 180C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 50881
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L16, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Maxwell Bennett Assoc.
- Registered owner
- Maxwell Bennett Assoc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 18, 1991 · 54 hours before
- Departed
- 0G0 · Lockport, NY
- Airport
- D57 · Potoczak, runway 27, 2,100 × 75 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 64
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,732 total · 600 in this make and model · 2,732 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Observed at
- BUF, 999 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.