# Incident 19990430019509I: Cessna 180, Fort Worth, TX, April 30, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1999, 10:20 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Airport: Fort Worth Spinks Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5651° N, 97.3084° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT WORTH SPINKS (FWS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5651&lon=-97.3084&mi=10
- Aircraft: N155D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N155D) (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 O470K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,600 total, 50 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990430019509I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ON THIS DATE, AT APPROXIAMTELY 10:20 LOCAL TIME, AIRMAN VINCE PROCEEDED TO MAKE A CROSSWIND LANDING AT SPINKS AIRPORT, FORT WORTH, TEXAS. THE WIND AT THE TIME OF LANDING WAS EASTERLY AT 12-15 KNOTS, RUNWAY 35L, GIVING THE PILOT MAXIMUM CROSSWIND COMPONENTS FOR LANDING.  AIRMAN ACKNOWLEDGED NOT HOLDING BACK PRESSURE ON THE ELEVATORS, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO GROUND LOOP.  MINOR DAMAGE RESULTED TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N155D (1)

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

- [Incident 19900902063179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900902063179I), Sep 2, 1990: Cessna 180 (N155D), Mammoth Lakes, CA, Minor damage. Lost directional control on landing rollout. Aircraft nosed over and left wing struck the runway.

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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