# Incident 20060317002519I: Cessna 180D, Rifle, CO, March 17, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 2006, 07:00 local time
- Place: Rifle, CO
- Airport: Garfield County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5263° N, 107.7270° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Garfield County Regional Airport (RIL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5263&lon=-107.7270&mi=10
- Aircraft: N180XV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N180XV-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180D (registry code 2072610, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470R (registry code 17071, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180D
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 220 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060317002519I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 3/17/06 AT 0700, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ WAS TAXIING N180XV, A CE-180 OUR FOR TAKEOFF AT GARFIELD COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT LOCATED NEAR RIFLE, CO. IT HAD SNOWED AT THE AIRPORT THE DAY BEFORE, AND THERE WAS A LINE OF SNOW ALONG THE EDGE OF THE TAXIWAY THAT WAS LEFT BY THE SNOW PLOW. WHILE TAXIING TO RUNWAY 26 THE PILOT STATES THE AIRCRAFT HIT A CHUNK OF ICE ON TAXIWAY A-5 WITH THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL NEAR THE EDGE OF THE TAXIWAY, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO TURN TO THE LEFT, AND DEPART THE TAXIWAY STRIKING THE SNOW PILE WITH THE AIRCRAFT ENDING UP ON IT'S NOSE. THIS DAMAGED THE PROP, THE SPINNER AND THE ENGINE COWL. THE AIRPORT MANAGER AND THE PILOT STATED THE TAXIWAY WAS DRY WITH SNOW ON THE EDGE OF THE TAXIWAY. THE PILOT FURTHER STATED IT WAS JUST GETTING LIGHT AT 0700 AND HE DID NOT SEE THE CHUNK OF ICE ON THE TAXIWAY. THE PILOT WAS COUNSELED ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND TAXIING SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY WITH LIMITED LIGHT.

## Other reports on N180XV (1)

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

- [Accident 20160331005219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160331005219A), Mar 31, 2016: Cessna 180D (N180XV), Shiprock, NM, Substantial damage. On March 31, 2016, at 12:26 MDT, a Cessna 180-D registered to tumminaro, inc, lost control after touchdown while landing at Shiprock airport, in Shiprock, NM,…

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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