# Incident 20061212025129I: Cessna 180J, Little Rock, AR, December 12, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 2006, 15:40 local time
- Place: Little Rock, AR
- Airport: Adams Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7465° N, 92.2896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Little Rock, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7465&lon=-92.2896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N180RN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N180RN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180J (registry code 2072622, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 1,150 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061212025129I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 12, 2006, AT 1540 CST, N180RN, A CESSNA CE-180 SKYWAGON, GROUND-LOOPED AND NOSED OVER AFTER LANDING. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCED A 'VORTEX' THAT SUDDENLY TURNED THE AIRPLANE TO THE RIGHT. IN AN EFFORT TO PREVENT GOING OFF THE RUNWAY HE APPLIED MAXIMUM BRAKING CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED. THE 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER VFR AND DEPARTED MOUNTAIN VIEW, ARKANSAS FOR LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED AND THE PILOT DID NOT OBTAIN A WEATHER BRIEFING. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N180RN (1)

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

- [Accident 20111005022179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111005022179A), Oct 5, 2011: Cessna 180J (N180RN), Chesapeake, VA, Substantial damage. Pilot lost control on takeoff roll and struck a drainage ditch.

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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