# Accident 19830712029629A: Cessna 180, Lubbock, TX, July 12, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1983, 14:43 local time
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Airport: International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6637° N, 101.8206° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6637&lon=-101.8206&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2987C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2987C) (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 O470*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 535 total, 535 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW83LA331](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA331) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830712029629A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL AND GROUND LOOPED DURING DOWNWIND LANDING. SIDE LOAD COLLAPSED THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW83LA331](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA331), Jul 12, 1983: Cessna 180 (N2987C), Lubbock, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2987C (1)

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

- [Accident 19901104053079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901104053079A), Nov 4, 1990: Cessna 180 (N2987C), Northwood, ND, Substantial damage. Nosed over landing on a fallow farm field. Landing surface was softer than expected.

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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