# Incident 19891117058959I: Cessna 180J, Cordova, AK, November 17, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 1989, 10:30 local time
- Place: Cordova, AK
- Airport: Cordova Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.5436° N, 145.7259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CORDOVA MUNI (CKU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5436&lon=-145.7259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N333DW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N333DW-2020-12-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180J (registry code 2072622, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 350 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891117058959I

## Narrative

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

WHILE TAXIING MAIN GEAR ENTERED SOFT SAND. WIND FLIPPED AIRCRAFT ON ITS BACK.

## Other reports on N333DW (1)

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

- [Accident 20191012019519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191012019519A), Oct 12, 2019: Cessna 180J (N333DW), Greenville, TX, Substantial damage. On October 12, 2019 at approximately 14:30 local time, N333DW, a Cessna CE-180, s/n: 18052491, landed on runway 35 at Majors airport (kgvt) Greenville, TX and…

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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