# Accident 20080311836539A: Cessna 180, Spartanburg, SC, March 11, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 2008, 17:15 local time
- Place: Spartanburg, SC
- Airport: Spartanburg Downtown Memorial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9158° N, 81.9564° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9158&lon=-81.9564&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1044Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1044Y-2011-11-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,030 total, 12 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC08TA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08TA130) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080311836539A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND GROUND LOOPED AFTER LANDING TOO SOON AFTER ANOTHER AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AND ENCOUNTERED WAKE TURBULANCE.

## 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 NYC08TA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08TA130), Mar 11, 2008: Cessna 180 (N1044Y), Spartanburg, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's encounter with wake turbulence during approach as a result of his inadequate in-flight planning.

## Other reports on N1044Y (1)

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

- [Accident 20090815054051A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090815054051A), Aug 15, 2009: Cessna 180 (N1044Y), Spartanburg, SC, Substantial damage. This report regenerated - could not locate original. Pilot landed and was taxing aircraft to hangar when aircraft ran into another aircraft that was stopped…

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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