# Incident 20061023021269I: Cessna 180H, Memphis, TN, October 23, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2006, 13:00 local time
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: Memphis International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1495° N, 90.0490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Memphis, TN, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1495&lon=-90.0490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N180AQ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N180AQ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180H (registry code 2072618, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180H
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061023021269I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 25 KNOTS, ON LANDING ROLL, SHIMMY WAS DETECTED FOR JUST A FEW SECONDS FOLLOWED BY A "THUMP" AND THE TAIL DROPPING. UNAWARE OF WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT ELECTED TO EXIT THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS. AFTER SHUT DOWN AND EXITING THE AIRCRAFT, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE TAIL WHEEL HAD BROKEN OFF OF THE AIRCRAFT.

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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