# NTSB CEN24LA265: Cessna 180, N7827K, Le Roy, MI, July 14, 2024 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: July 14, 2024, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC) - Place: Le Roy, MI - Coordinates: 44.052333, -85.347958 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0523&lon=-85.3480&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-aborted after touchdown: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 2 minor - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 194691 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN24LA265 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194691/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194691 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA265 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane while performing a go-around, which resulted in an inflight collision with trees. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: climb rate](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062035): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained; cases with it: [Cessna 180J, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062035/cases.md?model=2072622), [All aircraft, 265 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062035/cases.md) - [Wind: tailwind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Contributed to outcome (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 180J, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015/cases.md?model=2072622), [All aircraft, 594 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 180J, 26 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072622), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Runway/land/takeoff/taxi surface: wet surface](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023010): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on equipment; cases with it: [Cessna 180J, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023010/cases.md?model=2072622), [All aircraft, 141 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023010/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090); cases with it: [Cessna 180J, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=2072622), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md) - [Landing-aborted after touchdown: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 180J, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md?model=2072622), [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot was attempting to land at a private, freshly mowed, grass airstrip about 800 ft long. The airplane touched down and bounced. The pilot reported that he waited for the airplane to “settle” and applied brakes upon contact with the runway, but the airplane did not decelerate as expected. The pilot attempted a go-around; however, the airplane was unable to sufficiently climb before it impacted trees past the end of the runway. The airplane came to rest nose down and sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and both wings. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. At the time of the accident, the pilot was landing the airplane to the north. The nearest reported wind, 14 miles north of the accident site, was from 230° at 9 knots gusting to 14 knots. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N7827K](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7827K), registered now, S/N 18052761, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 180 (J) - Registry model: [Cessna 180J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180j) (registry code 2072622) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18052761 - Year built: 1976 - Airframe hours: 4647.3 - Engines: Teledyne Continental Motors O-470-S2B 260 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Tvc Fliers LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, June 1, 2024, 4 hours before - Departed: KCAD, Cadillac, MI - Destination: PVT, Leroy, MI - Airport: PVT, Private, runway 010, 875 × 50 ft, grass/turf - Equipment: ADS-B, Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 57; injuries: minor; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review July 5, 2023; seat: right; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 3,358 total, 142 in this make and model, 3,286 as pilot in command, 86 in the last 90 days, 33 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 230° at 9 knots, gusting 14 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 68 °F - Altimeter: 29.90 inHg - Observed at: KCAD, 14 nm away - METAR: METAR KCAD 141855Z AUTO 23009G14KT 10SM SCT029 28/20 A2990 RMK AO2= ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20240714009129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240714009129A), Jul 14, 2024: Cessna 180J, Leroy, MI, Substantial damage. On July 14, 2024, at 1500 local time, a Cessna 180J aircraft, [privacy data omitted], registered to a flying club and flown by a commercial rated flight… ## Other investigations on N7827K (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 IAD78FA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA096), Aug 21, 1978: Cessna 180 (N7827K), Roanoke, VA, substantial damage ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 8, 2024, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194691. 6.7 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 5.3 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17757416&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photos (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 2 photos, 1.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17758164&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=photos-Rel.pdf 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.