# Accident 20040514012959A: Cessna 180D, Red Lake, AZ, May 14, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2004, 11:30 local time
- Place: Red Lake, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5833° N, 114.0500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5833&lon=-114.0500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6430X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6430X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180D (registry code 2072610, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180D
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 480 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04CA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA209) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040514012959A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 14, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 1130 LOCAL TIME, AT RED LAKE, ARIZONA (A DRY LAKE BED), THIS PILOT WAS GIVING DUAL INSTRUCTION WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DURING ROLL OUT ON LANDING. THE CE-180-D AIRPLANE FLIPPED OVER UPSIDE DOWN AND SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE WINGS. THERE WAS NO INJURIES OR POST ACCIDENT FIRE. THE AIRPLANE WAS EQUIPPED WITH OVERSIZED MAIN TIRES DESIGNED FOR LANDING ON UNIMPROVED FIELDS.

## 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 LAX04CA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA209), May 14, 2004: Cessna 180 (N6430X), Kingman, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot under instruction's excessive and improper use of the rudder control during the landing roll and the flight instructor's inadequate supervision, which resulted in an inadvertent ground loop…

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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