# Accident 20150501005629A: Cessna 180K, Pearland, TX, May 1, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 2015, 09:20 local time
- Place: Pearland, TX
- Airport: Pearland Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5169° N, 95.2386° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5169&lon=-95.2386&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66048, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66048-2018-07-12) (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 MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,570 total, 20 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA15CA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA059) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150501005629A

## Narrative

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

APPROXIMATELY 0920 CST AT PEARLAND REGIONAL AIRPORT (KLVJ) PEARLAND, TX A CESSNA 180K ATTEMPTED A TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 32. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE EAST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 1,500 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY THEN CAME BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY DEPARTED ONTO THE EAST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS AGAIN.  THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR DETACHED FOLLOWED BY THE RIGHT WING AND THE PROPELLER MAKING CONTACT WITH THE GROUND CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE OFF THE RUNWAY

THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DETACHED AFTER THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY INTO THE SOFT GRASS. THE LANDING GEAR WAS FOUND APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET SOUTH OF WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST.  FOLLOWING THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR BREAKING OFF, THE PROPELLER MADE CONTACT WITH THE SOFT GROUND FOLLOWED BY THE RIGHT LEADING EDGE WING TIP. THE AFT BENDING OF THE PROPELLER BLADE THAT MADE CONTACT WITH THE SOFT GROUND IS CONDUCIVE TO A HIGH RPM FOLLOWED BY THE OTHER BLADE STRIKING THE GROUND AT A LOWER RPM CAUSING THE BLADE TO BEND SLIGHTLY FORWARD.  THE RIGHT LEADING EDGE WINGTIP CONTACTED THE SOFT GROUND CAUSING WRINKLING OF THE RIGHT WINGS SKIN AND BENDING OF THE OUTER EDGE AILERON.

ONCE THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DETACHED THE PROPELLER AND FINALLY THE RIGHT WING TIP MADE CONTACT WITH THE SOFT GROUND.  THE AIRCRAFT PIVOTED ABOUT TO THE RIGHT AND SLID FORWARD BACK TOWARDS THE RIGHT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY COMING TO REST IN THE GRASS JUST OFF THE RUNWAY WITH THE TAIL PROTRUDING OVER THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 GAA15CA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA059), May 1, 2015: Cessna 180K (N66048), Pearland, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll, which resulted in a runway excursion.

## Other reports on N66048 (1)

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

- [Accident 19811115073659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811115073659A), Nov 15, 1981: Cessna 180K (N66048), Jamestown, NY, Substantial damage. Five-foot bounce on landing. Came down in a crab angle. Side load collapsed left landing gear.

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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