# Accident 20070411004219A: Cessna 180C, Santa Fe, NM, April 11, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 2007, 07:45 local time
- Place: Santa Fe, NM
- Airport: Santa Fe County Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6172° N, 105.5347° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6172&lon=-105.5347&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9253T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9253T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180C (registry code 2072608, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 900 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN07CA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07CA084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070411004219A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 11, 2007 AT 0745 HOURS MOST, A CESSNA 180C, N9253T REGISTERED TO THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CAME TO REST ON THE NOSE AFTER ENCOUNTERING A GROUND LOOP DURING A CROSSWIND TAKEOFF. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO (SAF) WITH INTENTIONS ON FLYING TO TAOS, NEW MEXICO (SKX).

## 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 DEN07CA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07CA084), Apr 11, 2007: Cessna 180C (N9253T), Santa Fe, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: Exceeding the airplane's maximum demonstrated crosswind component during the takeoff roll. A contributing factor was the crosswind.

## Other reports on N9253T (1)

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

- [Incident 19880921058649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880921058649I), Sep 21, 1988: Cessna 180C (N9253T), Bethel, AK, Minor damage. Aborted takeoff from lake but unable to stop before sliding onto tundra. Damaged floats and attachments.

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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