- Date
- November 8, 2000, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Long Lake, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7904VCessna 180H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 18, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- Case key
- 50617
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.
Analysis
The 1,000-foot airstrip had just been constructed, and the pilot was the first to attempt a landing on it. The pilot made three passes over the airstrip, then landed over 30- to 40-foot trees, in a northwesterly direction. During the landing, the airplane bounced twice, and veered toward the right. It then made a final touchdown, and veered off the airstrip. It impacted a boulder and a tree stump, and spun around, about 180 degrees. Winds were from the south, about 3 knots.
Factual narrative
On November 8, 2000, about 1630 Eastern Standard Time, a Cessna 180H, N7904V, was substantially damaged during a landing at a private airstrip in Long Lake, New York. The certificated private pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. No flight plan had been filed for the flight, which originated at Adirondack Regional Airport (SLK), Saranac Lake, New York. The personal flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
According to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector, the 1,000-foot airstrip had just been constructed, and the pilot was the first to attempt a landing on it. The pilot made three passes over the airstrip, then landed over 30- to 40-foot trees, in a northwesterly direction. During the landing, the airplane bounced twice, and veered toward the right. It then made a final touchdown, and veered off the airstrip. It impacted a boulder and a tree stump, and spun around, about 180 degrees.
The inspector asked the pilot why he didn't abort the landing, and the pilot stated that he hadn't thought about it. The pilot also stated that the airplane had just come off floats 3 weeks earlier.
Weather, recorded at an airport approximately 20 nautical miles to the north, about 20 minutes before the accident, included clear skies, and winds from 190 degrees true, at 3 knots.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7904V
- Reported as
- Cessna 180H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18051804
- Airframe hours
- 4,676
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paul Rasmussen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 8, 2000 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- SLK · Saranac Lake, NY
- Destination
- NONE · Long Lake, NY
- Airport
- NONE · Private Airstrip, runway NW, 1,100 × 45 ft, gravel
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
- 43
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Last flight review
- April 29, 2000
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 605 total · 510 in this make and model · 50 in the last 90 days · 0 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SLK, 20 nm away
Other investigations on N7904V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.