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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 180 · Fallbrook, CA · March 1, 2000

Date: March 1, 2000 · 14:30 local
Place: Fallbrook, CA
Airport: Fallbrook Community Airpark
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4635B
Reported as: Cessna 180
Pilot’s flight hours: 591 total200 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N4635BRegistered now · Cessna 180S/N 31533 · Built 1955 Airframe modelCessna 180 Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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.

(-23) Approach and landing to Fallbrook airport, runway 18, was uneventful. Winds were out of the west-southwest at approximately 15 knots. After touchdown and passing a building in close proximity to the runway, the pilot encountered gusty winds causing him to lose control and take immediate action on the flight controls and brakes. Although, it resulted in a prop strike and sudden stoppage of the engine, the aircraft never left the runway. Fallbrook is the home base for this pilot. With these circumstances, it has been determined that pilot competency was not a factor in this incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) APPROACH AND LANDING TO FALLBROOK AIRPORT, RUNWAY 18, WAS UNEVENTFUL. WINDS WERE OUT OF THE WEST-SOUTHWEST AT APPROXIMATELY 15 KNOTS. AFTER TOUCHDOWN AND PASSING A BUILDING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED GUSTY WINDS CAUSING HIM TO LOSE CONTROL AND TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION ON THE FLIGHT CONTROLS AND BRAKES. ALTHOUGH, IT RESULTED IN A PROP STRIKE AND SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF THE ENGINE, THE AIRCRAFT NEVER LEFT THE RUNWAY. FALLBROOK IS THE HOME BASE FOR THIS PILOT. WITH THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT PILOT COMPETENCY WAS NOT A FACTOR IN THIS INCIDENT.