# Accident 20010204001709A: Cessna 180K, Clovis, NM, February 4, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 2001, 08:20 local time
- Place: Clovis, NM
- Airport: Clovis Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4093° N, 103.2000° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4093&lon=-103.2000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N180PG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N180PG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180K (registry code 2072624, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 54 total, 9 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN01LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010204001709A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WIND WAS 050 DEGREES AT 7 KNOTS, THE LOW TIME PILOT WAS CONDUCTING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS FOR CURRENCY AND LOST CONTROL ON TAKE OFF FROM RUNWAY 04 AT CLOVIS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AT 08:20 AM SUNDAY FEBRUARY 04, 2001. THE AIRPLANE GROUND LOOPED AND BENT THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR LEG BACK AND UNDER THE FUSELAGE. THE PROPELLER BLADES WERE DAMGED AND THE RIGHT WING WAS BENT UPWARD AT THE SPAR SPLICE, OUTBOARD OF THE WING STRUT. (.4) ON FEBRUARY 4, 2001, AT APPROX. 0820 MST, A CESSNA 180K, N180PG, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN DURING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AT CLOVIS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THIS LOCAL PERSONNEL FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT APPROX. 0815. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE WAS PRACTICING TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 04. AFTER LANDING AND APPLYING FULL POWER FOR TAKEOFF, HE ATTEMPTED TO ADJUST THE TRIM. "THE AIRPLANE VEERED OFF TO THE LEFT, THE AIRPLANE GOT CROSSWAYS AND THEN HOPPED. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING THE NOSE TO DROP AND THE                         PROP AND RIGHT WING TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY. THEN IT VEERED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND STOPPED." THE RIGHT WING OUTBOARD OF THE WING STRUT WAS BENT UP APPROX. 40 DEGREES. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND THE FUSELAGE BETWEEN THE LANDING GEAR ATTACHMENT POINTS AND PROPELLER WERE ALSO DAMAGED. ACCORDING TO THE PILOTS ACCIDENT REPORT, AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, HE HAD 54 HOURS TOTAL TIME, 27 HOURS AS PILOT IN COMMAND, 9 HOURS IN MAKE AND MODEL, AND 4 HOURS WITHIN THE LAST 30 AND 90 DAYS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN01LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA049), Feb 4, 2001: Cessna 180K (N180PG), Clovis, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control, which resulted in the subsequent swerve of the airplane. Contributing factors were the pilot's lack of experience in make and model and his…

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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