- Date
- July 26, 1990, 08:45 local (12:45 UTC)
- Place
- Hilltown, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1ZTCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900726028749A
- Case key
- 36701
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Probable cause
The pilot receiving training misjudged the airplane's distance from the runway and altitude above the trees. In addition, the CFI failed to provide adequate supervision.
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 commercial-rated pilot was receiving instruction & training from a CFI in preparation for a bfr. During a low level approach to a private strip, the left wing dipped and struck trees at the approach end of the airstrip. The airplane veered left, crashed nose down, left wing low and received substantial damage. The CFI reported that the aircraft was on glide path, '... But a little left of centerline ... (Pilot) was correcting so (I) didn't say anything.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1ZT
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31597
- Engine
- Continental O-470-J, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Joe A. Bawduniak
- Registered owner
- Joseph Bawduniak
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 26, 1990 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- N88 · Doylestown, PA
- Destination
- Hatfield, PA
- Airport
- NONE · Gehris
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 330 in this make and model · 1,900 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.