# Accident 20050110000219A: Cessna 180D, Billings, MT, January 10, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 2005, 10:30 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Billings Logan International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8086° N, 108.5308° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8086&lon=-108.5308&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8609X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8609X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180D (registry code 2072610, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470-L (registry code 17374, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180D
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 270 total, 110 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA05CA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05CA033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050110000219A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS LANDING IN A CROSSWIND. ADDITIONALLY, HE STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT GOT AWAY FROM HIM, AND THE WIND WAS TOO MUCH. HE DROVE THE NOSE INTO THE RUNWAY AND ENDED UP ON HIS BACK.

## 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 SEA05CA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05CA033), Jan 10, 2005: Cessna 180 (N8609X), Billings, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare and his failure to maintain aircraft control. The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing is a contributing factor.

## Other reports on N8609X (1)

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

- [Incident 20040729016239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040729016239I), Jul 29, 2004: Cessna 180D (N8609X), Billings, MT, Minor damage. (-23) The aircraft, a Cessna 180, was cleared to taxi to edwards jet center at Billings-Logan international airport (bil) in Billings, Montana. It taxied…

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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