# Accident 20080226010309A: Cessna 180, Moab, UT, February 26, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 2008, 14:05 local time
- Place: Moab, UT
- Airport: Canyonlands Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7550° N, 109.7547° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7550&lon=-109.7547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1732C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1732C-2017-07-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 25 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080226010309A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING PRACTICE PERFORMING TOUCH AND GOS AFTER APPROXIMATELY 8 MAIN WHEEL LANDINGS AND 4 THREE POINT LANDINGS THE PILOT BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT (FIFTH ATTEMPT) AND IT DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT AND HE COULD NOT BRING IT BACK TO THE LEFT. THE TIRE LOST AIR AND AIRCRAFT SLID ON THE WHEEL UNTIL THE LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED DIGGING INTO THE RUNWAY AS THE LEFT WING HIT THE RUNWAY, BREAKING THE WING ADJACENT TO THE ATTACH POINT OF THE FUSELAGE. THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO GROUND LOOP AND COME TO REST ON ITS LEFT SIDE WITH THE RIGHT WING UP IN THE AIR FACING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION HE WAS LANDING IN. PILOT SECURED THE AIRCRAFT AND DEPARTED THROUGH THE BROKEN WINDSCREEN. NO INJURIES WERE NOTED AT THE TIME. PILOT REPORTED NO KNOWN MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 SEA08LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA083), Feb 26, 2008: Cessna 180 (N1732C), Moab, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the tail wheel-equipped airplane during the flare/touchdown phase of a three-point landing.

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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