# Incident 20170308006309I: Cessna 180J, Chandler, AZ, March 8, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 2017, 12:00 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Airport: Chandler Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2691° N, 111.8111° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHANDLER MUNI (CHD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2691&lon=-111.8111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52108, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52108) (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 MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170308006309I

## Narrative

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

ON 3/8/17 AT 1200MST AT CHD AIRPORT, N52108, C180J, LANDED ON RWY4L AND TAXIED OFF AT TAXIWAY FOXTROT, AT TWY F AIRCRAFT REPORTED TAIL GEAR HAD BROKEN OFF DURING LANDING. AIRCRAFT BOUNCED DURING LANDING AND STRUCK THE RUDDER.  DAMAGE IS MINOR.  2 POB, NO INJURIES.

PILOT/^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS HAVING THE AIRCRAFT LOOKED AT FOR ANY STRUCTURAL ABNORMALITATIES, AND TO RECOVER THE FABRIC ON RUDDER AND REPLACE TAIL WHEEL.

AWAITING MORE INFORMATION FROM THE PILOT/^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND WILL AMEND AT A LATER DATE.  3/23/2017   CLK

4/3/2017

PILOTS STATEMENT:

SLIGHT SKIP ON TOUCHDOWN (1 FOOT HIGH) WHEN TAIL SETTLED A SCRAPING NOISE WAS HEARD. TURNED OFF RUNWA ONTO TAXIWAY AND NOTIFIED TOWER OF PROBLEM. TAIL WHEEL HEAD HAD CRACKED IN TWO PIECES. BACK HALF HELD BY STEERING CABLES AND AND BOUNCED INTO RUDDER CAUSING SLIGHT DAMAGE.

DAMAGED ITEMS:

TAIL WHEEL AND RUDDER WERE REPLACED.  DAMAGED RUDDER WAS INSPECTED AND RECOVERED WITH FABRIC.

## Other reports on N52108 (2)

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

- [Incident 19991102030369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991102030369I), Nov 2, 1999: Cessna 180J (N52108), Mesa, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot was taxiing from "shade" anger to "t" hanger (#JJ-7)@ ffz when l/h wing tip contacted upper tip of rudder on N69002 causing minor damage. No…
- [Accident 19780822028099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780822028099A), Aug 22, 1978: Cessna 180E (N52108), Buras, LA, Substantial damage

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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