# Accident 20170922020869A: Cessna 180A, Danbury, CT, September 22, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 2017, 10:39 local time
- Place: Danbury, CT
- Airport: Danbury Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3717° N, 73.4822° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3717&lon=-73.4822&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9624B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9624B-2020-04-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180A (registry code 2072604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,502 total, 77 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA550](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA550) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170922020869A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2017,  AT APPROXIMATELY 10:39 AM, AIRCRAFT N9624B, A CESSNA 180A, SERIAL NUMBER 32921,  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AT THE DANBURY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KDXR), LOCATED IN DANBURY CONNECTICUT. PRECEDING THE ACCIDENT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GOES  AT KDXR ON RUNWAY 35. WINDS REPORTED WERE FROM 010 AT 12 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 19 KNOTS. VISIBILITY WAS 10 STATUTE MILES.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE PERFORMED THE FIRST TOUCH AND GO SUCCESSFULLY.  DURING LANDING AND TOUCHDOWN OF THE SECOND ATTEMPT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCED A WIND GUST THAT GOT UNDER THE LEFT WING. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED IMPACTING THE RIGHT AND LEFT WING TIPS ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE MUST HAVE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED FORWARD IMPACTING THE RUNWAY SURFACE WITH BOTH PROPELLER BLADES AND PROPELLER HUB ASSEMBLY AND CAME TO REST IN THIS POSITION. DANBURY AIRPORT EMERGENCY SERVICES RESPONDED TO THE SCENE. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY HIM.

## 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 GAA17CA550](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA550), Sep 22, 2017: Cessna 180 (N9624B), Danbury, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll in gusting wind conditions.

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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