- Date
- October 14, 1996, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- New Richmond, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1535CCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 18, 1997
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19961014034159A
- Case key
- 10484
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Probable cause
the dual student's failure to recover from the bounced landing and the instructor pilot's failure to correct the situation in time.
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 instructor pilot said that the student pilot was attempting a landing on a grass strip with a right quartering headwind. The student pilot had a series of bounces on landing. The instructor pilot took control of the airplane, but was unable to keep the airplane from nosing over onto the propeller.
Factual narrative
On October 14, 1996, at 1700 central daylight time (cdt), a Cessna 180, N1535C, operated by an airline transport pilot, sustained substantial damage when during landing, the airplane nosed over. Visual Meterorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The instructional flight was being conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. The instructor pilot and dual student reported no injuries. The local flight originated at Forest Lake, Minnesota at 1400 cdt.
In his written statement, the instructor pilot said that the student pilot was attempting a landing on a grass strip with a right quartering headwind. The student pilot had a series of bounces on landing. The instructor pilot took control of the airplane, but was unable to keep the airplane from nosing over onto the propeller.
In his written statement, the student pilot said that on touchdown from a left hand traffic pattern, the airplane "bounced approximately 5 feet off of the runway surface two times until the tail wheel touched the runway." The instructor then took control of the airplane. The tail came up and continued to rise until the airplane was vertical on the propeller spinner. The airplane fell over to the left on its left wing tip, then settled on its nose and main gear with the tail in the air.
The Federal Aviation Administration Inspector (FAA) who examined the airplane at the site found damage to the left wing, left main landing gear, forward fuselage, propeller and spinner. The left wing tip was bent inward. The left wing was buckled outward on the top and lower surfaces. The left main landing gear was twisted and bent at the gear box. The cabin door lower hinge was pulled out at the rivets. The engine had moved aft approximately 8 inches bending the mounts and the firewall inward. The propeller displayed chordwise scratching and torsional bending. The spinner was bent inward. Flight control continuity was confirmed. Examination of the engine, engine controls and other airplane systems revealed no anomalies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1535C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30235
- Airframe hours
- 3,025
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- David Jones
- Registered owner
- Perry E. Gilstrap
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 23, 1995 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- 25D · Forest Lake, MN
- Destination
- RHN
- Airport
- RNH · New Richmond, runway 4, 2,110 × 75 ft, grass/turf
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Military
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 8,050 total · 75 in this make and model · 6,475 as pilot in command · 95 in the last 90 days · 35 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 14 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1535C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.