# Accident 20081026851299A: Cessna 180K, Justin, TX, October 26, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 2008, 14:25 local time
- Place: Justin, TX
- Airport: Clark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1342° N, 97.2981° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1342&lon=-97.2981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1846Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1846Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180K (registry code 2072624, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 22,000 total, 150 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081026851299A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 26, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 1425 LOCAL, N1846Z, A CESSNA CE-180K AIRCRAFT, SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING LANDING AT CLARK FIELD (3T6) A PRIVATE AIRPORT.  THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT CERTIFICATE NO. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS ATTEMPTING A WHEEL LANDING IN THE CONVENTIONAL GEAR AIRCRAFT.  THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOO LOW TO GROUND AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY SURFACE.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN FLIPPED OVER COMING TO REST ON ITS BACK.  THE PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 CEN09LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA036), Oct 26, 2008: Cessna 180 (N1846Z), Justin, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during landing.

## Other reports on N1846Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19890617015969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890617015969A), Jun 17, 1989: Cessna 180K (N1846Z), Bullfrog, UT, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on landing, left the runway and overturned. A tire was blown from possible heavy braking.

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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