# Incident 19890530029099I: Cessna 180, Bessemer, AL, May 30, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1989, 10:45 local time
- Place: Bessemer, AL
- Airport: Bessemer Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3129° N, 86.9259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Bessemer Airport (EKY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3129&lon=-86.9259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40LT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40LT) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 3 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890530029099I

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON ROLLOUT. VEERED OFF RUNWAY. HAD CROSSWIND. HAD LOW TIME ON TAIL WHEEL EXPERIENCE.

## Other reports on N40LT (3)

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

- [Accident 20060414004179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060414004179A), Apr 14, 2006: Cessna 180 (N40LT), Klamath Falls, OR, Substantial damage. (-23) During landing the pilot failed to maintain directional control and apply proper crosswind correction. The right wing and right elevator were damaged.
- [Incident 20041029027079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041029027079I), Oct 29, 2004: Cessna 180 (N40LT), Redmond, OR, Minor damage. (-23) On or about 2230Z on 10/29/2004, after making an uneventful, full stop landing at cline falls Oregon airport (privately owned and maintained), the pilot…
- [Accident 19910425015969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910425015969A), Apr 25, 1991: Cessna 180 (N40LT), Vernal, UT, Substantial damage. Intoxicated pilot ground looped on landing.

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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