# Incident 20070411020649I: Cessna 180K, Rockport, TX, April 11, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 2007, 19:30 local time
- Place: Rockport, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0478° N, 97.0499° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rockport, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0478&lon=-97.0499&mi=10
- Aircraft: N111CN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N111CN-2015-06-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180K (registry code 2072624, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180K
- Reported engine: CONT O470U
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 980 total, 580 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070411020649I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT WAS RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT, AND WHILE OVER COPANO BAY, THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO GLIDE TO SHORE, BUT WAS NOT ABLE, AND LANDED IN THE WATER. THE AIRPLANE SETTLED ON THE BOTTOM OF THE BAY WITH THE WINGS, NOSE, AND TIP OF VERTICAL STABILIZER OUT OF THE WATER. THE PILOT SWAM TO SHORE.

## Other reports on N111CN (1)

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

- [Incident 20030607011789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030607011789I), Jun 7, 2003: Cessna 180K (N111CN), Palo Alto, CA, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot of aircraft N111CN gave the following statement. On Saturday June 8, 2003, I was doing pattern work in my Cessna 180 skywagon around 1530 hours…

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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