- Date
- July 30, 1999, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Shawano, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4809ECessna 180K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19990730026949A
- Case key
- 46908
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Probable cause
the failure of the pilot to maintain directional control. Factors were the misjudged flare and improper recovery from the bounced landing by the pilot, and the ditch.
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
While landing, the airplane bounced. The pilot stated that he attempted to correct for the '...slight crosswind...' and subsequently departed the runway into the grass adjacent to the runway. The pilot said that the aircraft 'slowed rapidly [and] went into [a] dip in [the] infield and flipped over.' A postaccident examination of the aircraft revealed no preexisting anomalies.
Factual narrative
On July 30, 1999, about 1700 central daylight time, a Cessna 180K, N4809E, piloted by a private pilot, sustained substantial damage during landing on runway 29 (3,900 feet by 75 feet, dry/asphalt), at the Shawano Municipal Airport, Shawano, Wisconsin. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight was being conducted under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 and was not on a flight plan. The pilot, who was the sole occupant, reported no injuries. The flight had originated about 1630 from the Shawano Municipal Airport for a local flight.
In a written statement, the pilot said that he landed hard and the aircraft "...bounced and came back down." The pilot stated that he attempted to correct for the "...slight crosswind..." and subsequently departed the runway into the grass adjacent to the runway. The pilot said that the aircraft "slowed rapidly [and] went into [a] dip in [the] infield and flipped over." The aircraft came to rest in an inverted position.
A postaccident examination of the aircraft revealed no preexisting anomalies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4809E
- Reported as
- Cessna 180K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18053175
- Airframe hours
- 4,077
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- J & T Transit, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 9, 1999 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- 3WO
- Airport
- 3WO · Shawano Municipal Airport, runway 29, 3,900 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 200 total · 104 in this make and model · 124 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F, dew point 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GRB, 26 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.