# Incident 19880521029839I: Cessna 180D, Payson, AZ, May 21, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 1988, 10:30 local time
- Place: Payson, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2438° N, 111.3190° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Payson, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2438&lon=-111.3190&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6424X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6424X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180D (registry code 2072610, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 280 total, 38 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880521029839I

## Narrative

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

FLYING AT LOW LEVEL ALONG RIVER THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK TERRAIN. MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N6424X (1)

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

- [Incident 19780625035879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780625035879I), Jun 25, 1978: Cessna 180 (N6424X), Elk City, ID, Minor damage. Pilot lost directional control after landing on Private strip.

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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