# Incident 20070430011129I: Cessna 180J, Mesa, AZ, April 30, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2007, 11:30 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52067, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52067) (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
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,300 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070430011129I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT/OWNER WAS LANDING ON RWY 22L @ FFZ IN A CROSSWIND WHEN A GUST ("DUST DEVIL") OF WIND CAUGHT THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING THE R/H WING TIP TO SCRAPE THE GROUND. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE TWO OCCUPANTS. THE REMAINDER OF THE LANDING/ROLL-OUT WAS UNEVENTFUL. THE PILOT/OWNER TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT TO HIS T-HANGAR ON FFZ. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONSIDERED MINOR.

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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