# Accident 20030921024949A: Cessna 180, Pavo, GA, September 21, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2003, 13:00 local time
- Place: Pavo, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.1369° N, 83.7039° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1369&lon=-83.7039&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2807A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2807A) (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 TSIO520M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 515 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL03LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA145) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030921024949A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 09/21/03 JAMES L WILLIAMS DEPARTED FROM A GRASS STRIP IN PULASKI GA. AT 1200, VFR TO PAVA, GA. IN A CESSNA 180 N2807A S/N 30007 AT 1300 MR. WILLIAMS WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON A GRASS ROAD IN PAVA, GA. HE WAS ON HIS APPROACH LANDING AND THE TERRAIN CAME UP TOO QUICK FOR HIM. MR. WILLIAMS APPLIED FULL POWER BUT THE AIRCRAFT STALLED. THE AIRCRAFT FLEW THREW A COTTON FIELD FOR APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET. THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED AND CAME TO REST NOSE DOWN ON THE PROP AND RIGHT WING AT APPROX. 55 DEGREE ANGLE.

## 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 ATL03LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA145), Sep 21, 2003: Cessna 180 (N2807A), Pavo, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed, resulting in an inadvertent stall.

## Other reports on N2807A (1)

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

- [Incident 20090813014979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090813014979I), Aug 13, 2009: Cessna 180 (N2807A), Ashland, KY, No damage. (-23) During ground taxi and while transitioning through an aircraft parking area to a taxi-way at the Ashland Regional Airport in worthington, Kentucky the…

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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