# Incident 19811217088709I: Cessna 180, Gypsum, CO, December 17, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 1981, 11:10 local time
- Place: Gypsum, CO
- Airport: Eagle Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6427° N, 106.9159° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EAGLE COUNTY RGNL (EGE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6427&lon=-106.9159&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2254C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2254C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Reported engine: CONT O470A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 800 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811217088709I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LEFT BRAKE LOCKED ON LANDING. APPLICATION OF RIGHT BRAKE TO HOLD ON RUNWAY CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVRER.

## Other reports on N2254C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19821124068159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821124068159I), Nov 24, 1982: Cessna 180 (N2254C), El Cajon, CA, Minor damage. Allowed aircraft to move while looking at a map. Saw airplane on other runway. Hit brakes. Nosed over.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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