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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 180 · Oxnard, CA · October 13, 1998

Date
October 13, 1998 · 10:45 local
Place
Oxnard, CA
Airport
Oxnard Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2999A
Reported as
Cessna 180
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15,000 total600 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-5)Pilot lost control after landing and ground looped the airplane, damaging the left wing, horizontal stabilizer, and left main tire. The pilot stated that there was a slight cross wind and he "just lost it." The aircraft is now at ray's aviation in santa paula, CA. For repairs.

As the FAA filed it

(-5)PILOT LOST CONTROL AFTER LANDING AND GROUND LOOPED THE AIRPLANE, DAMAGING THE LEFT WING, HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, AND LEFT MAIN TIRE. THE PILOT STATED THAT THERE WAS A SLIGHT CROSS WIND AND HE "JUST LOST IT." THE AIRCRAFT IS NOW AT RAY'S AVIATION IN SANTA PAULA, CA. FOR REPAIRS.