# Incident 19881216068579I: Cessna 180, El Paso, TX, December 16, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 1988, 12:00 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: El Paso International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8073° N, 106.3764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EL PASO INTL (ELP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8073&lon=-106.3764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9233C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9233C) (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: 4,500 total, 25 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881216068579I

## Narrative

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

MAIN TIRE WAS FLAT ON TOUCHDOWN. PILOT UNABLE TO HOLD AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY. VEERED OFF RUNWAY AND GROUND LOOPED.

## Other reports on N9233C (2)

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

- [Incident 19911029054209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911029054209I), Oct 29, 1991: Cessna 180 (N9233C), Fallbrook, CA, Minor damage. Pilot lost directional control of aircraft on rollout. Ground looped and dragged wing tip.
- [Incident 19780419012959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780419012959I), Apr 19, 1978: Cessna 180 (N9233C), Pascagoula, MS, Minor damage. Pilot was parking aircraft when brake failed. Struck parked aircraft before being fully stopped.

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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