# Incident 20030401014559I: Cessna 180, Houston, TX, April 1, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 2003, 09:35 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Ellington Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6073° N, 95.1587° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELLINGTON (EFD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6073&lon=-95.1587&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4672A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4672A) (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: 4,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030401014559I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT TAXIING IN A STRONG CROSSWIND EXCEEDING 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS. THE PILOT INFORMED GROUND CONTROL HE WAS EXPERIENCING BRAKE PROBLEMS. PILOT STATED HE WAS UNABLE TO OVERCOME WEATHERVANING TENDENCY WITH FULL RIGHT BRAKE AND FULL RIGHT RUDDER DEFLECTION. GROUND CONTROL STATED THAT "ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT APPEARED THAT THE PILOT CAME TO A QUICK STOP AND THEN THE AIRCRAFT CAME UP ON ITS NOSE WITH THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE GROUND".

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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