# NTSB CHI08CA042: Cessna 180, N5248E, Becker, MN, November 11, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: November 11, 2007, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Becker, MN
- Coordinates: 45.43111, -93.857498
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4311&lon=-93.8575&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report January 31, 2008
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA-MSP-FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 67189
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI08CA042
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/67189/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA042

## Probable cause

The pilot maintained excessive airspeed during the landing approach and failed to achieve a proper touchdown point.  A factor associated with the accident was the fence that the airplane contacted.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - plowed/furrowed

## Analysis

The airplane contacted a fence and nosed over during an overrun landing.  The landing was being made to the east with the winds from the southeast at 10 knots.  The pilot added power on final approach to clear trees at the approach end of the runway.  During touchdown the airplane bounced, became airborne, and floated down the runway.  The airplane touched down again about 20 to 30 yards prior to the end of the runway.  The pilot veered the airplane to the right into soft terrain to help slow the airplane.  The airplane subsequently contacted a fence and nosed over.  The pilot reported he did not perform a go-around due to the transmission lines near the end of the runway.

## Factual narrative

The airplane was substantially damaged when it contacted a fence and nosed over during an overrun landing.  The landing was being made to the east with the winds from the southeast at 10 knots.  The pilot reported he had to add power on final approach to clear trees at the approach end of the runway.  During touchdown the airplane bounced, became airborne, and floated down the runway.  The pilot reported the airplane touched down again about 20 to 30 yards prior to the end of the runway.  The pilot veered the airplane to the right into soft terrain to help slow the airplane.  The airplane subsequently contacted a fence and nosed over.  The pilot reported he did not perform a go-around due to the transmission lines near the end of the runway.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5248E](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5248E), registered now, S/N 50548, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180b) (registry code 2072606) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 50548
- Airframe hours: 4642
- Engines: Teledyne Continental O-470 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Pilot
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 1, 2007, 1.6 hours before
- Departed: ENT, Clear Lake, MN
- Destination: Becker, MN
- Airport: PRIV, Private, runway 075, 1,900 × 50 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 76; injuries: minor; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review November 1, 2007; flight hours: 1,014 total, 750 in this make and model, 974 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 165° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 39 °F
- Altimeter: 29.89 inHg

## 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 20071111827519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071111827519A), Nov 11, 2007: Cessna 180B, Becker, MN, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot reported while landing at his private airstrip near Becker MN: the wind must have changed to a tailwind, the aircraft floated on flare out and…

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.

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