# Incident 20030819019419I: Cessna 180, Shoshone, CA, August 19, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2003, 15:30 local time
- Place: Shoshone, CA
- Airport: Shoshone Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9686° N, 116.2693° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHOSHONE (L61), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9686&lon=-116.2693&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38TL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 156 total, 63 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030819019419I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS ON A SHORT CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM HAWTHORNE, NEVADA TO BOULDER CITY, NEVADA. ONCE WITHIN THE VICINITY OF THE SHOSHONE AIRPORT, THE PIC LOOKED TO THE EAST AND OBSERVED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE PAHRUMP VALLEY, AND THE LAS VEGAS BASIN. BASED UPON THESE OBSERVATIONS, THE PIC ELECTED TO LAND IN A SOUTHBOUND DIRECTION AT THE SHOSHONE AIRPORT, AND WAIT OUT THE STORM. THE APPROACH TO LANDING PHASE WAS NORMAL, AND HIS LANDING ALSO NORMAL. DURING THE ROLLOUT PHASE OF LANDING, AND AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 25 KTS, A STRONG GUST FROM THE RIGHT PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT OFF TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. PIC STATED THAT FULL RUDDER DEFLECTION WOULD NOT COUNTERACT THE WIND GUST, OR BRING THE AIRCRAFT BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED THE SOFT SANDY SOIL ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY, THE RIGHT WINGTIP LIGHTLY TOUCHED THE GROUND, CAUSING THE PLASTIC WINGTIP TO BEND UPWARDS. PIC THEN TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT TO PARKING AND FELT NO ABNORMALITIES WITH THE GEAR, OR FLIGHT CONTROLS.

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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