# Accident 20030426013889A: Cessna 180A, Scottsdale, AZ, April 26, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 2003, 11:52 local time
- Place: Scottsdale, AZ
- Airport: Scottsdale Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6228° N, 111.9106° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6228&lon=-111.9106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9759B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9759B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180A (registry code 2072604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 800 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA143) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030426013889A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED BY ATC MAKING A NORMAL APPROACH AND LANDING AT SDL. AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED TO EXIT THE RUNWAY, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED UNDER THE AIRCRAFT AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY. AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTORS WAP AND MBS OF THIS OFFICE VISITED WITH THE OWNER/OPERATOR OF THE AIRCRAFT AND CAME TO THE CONCLUSION AFTER INSPECTING THE LANDING GEAR AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY THAT THERE WAS A FAILURE OF THE LANDING GEAR AND DUE TO AN "OVERBUILT" GEAR BOX (MOD), THE LANDING GEAR LEG DID NOT "GIVE" AT THE GEAR BOX AND SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED. NO FURTHER ACTION DEEMED NECESSARY.

## 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 LAX03LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA143), Apr 26, 2003: Cessna 180A (N9759B), Scottsdale, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of a main landing gear axle bolt, and the subsequent separation of the right main landing gear wheel from the gear strut during the landing roll, which resulted in a collapse of the right…

## Other reports on N9759B (1)

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

- [Incident 20020719028059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020719028059I), Jul 19, 2002: Cessna 180A (N9759B), Morning Sun, IA, Minor damage. (-23) Right main gear failed on landing rollout. Pilot made three point landing on Private land sod field that is 1803' long x 150'-200' wide. At about 20 mph,…

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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