# Incident 20180918019129I: Cessna 180C, Twin Falls, ID, September 18, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2018, 09:20 local time
- Place: Twin Falls, ID
- Airport: Magic Valley Regional Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5641° N, 114.4609° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Twin Falls, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5641&lon=-114.4609&mi=10
- Aircraft: N334SC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N334SC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180C (registry code 2072608, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,300 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180918019129I

## Narrative

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

A PRIVATE PILOT, PIC OF THE CESSNA 180C N334SC, LANDED FROM A NON-FILED VFR FLIGHT TO THE TWIN FALLS AIRPORT FOR A PERSONAL FLY-IN BREAKFAST ON 09/18/2018 AT APPROX. 0920 LOCAL.

THE PIC STATED THAT ATC ASKED IF HE COULD ACCEPT A LAND SHORT AND TAXI OFF THE RUNWAY DUE TO A BONANZA COMING IN DIRECTLY BEHIND HIM.

THE PIC STATED THAT HE CONFIRMED HE COULD, AND TAXIED OFF RUNWAY 26 VIA A2 TO A.

THE PIC STATES THAT THE TAXI-WAY ASPHALT WAS RECENTLY REDONE AND LOOKED DARK.

THE PIC STATES THAT HE THOUGHT HE HAD 20 TO 30 FEET OF ROOM TO THE TAXI-WAY LIGHTING AND COULD NOT SEE VERY WELL DO TO THE TAILWHEEL AIRCRAFT HE WAS TAXIING.

THE PIC ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HE TAXIED INTO, DAMAGING A TAXI WAY LIGHT. THE CESSNA 180C THAT STRUCK THE TAXI WAY LIGHT IS A TAIL WHEEL WITH TUNDRA TIRES.

THE PIC STATES THAT ONLY HIS TIRE STRUCK THE TAXI WAY LIGHT BREAKING THE BREAKAWAY COUPLING OF THE LIGHT, ESSENTIALLY DROPPING THE LIGHT IN A LAY DOWN POSITION ON THE GROUND.

THE PIC ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HE SHOULD HAVE S-TURNED MORE THAN HE DID TO GET A BETTER VIEW OF WHERE HE WAS GOING AND SEEMED REMORSEFUL ABOUT STRIKING THE LIGHT WITH HIS AIRCRAFT TIRE.

A VERBAL COUNSELING WAS GIVEN TO THE PIC ABOUT HOW TO TAXI TAILWHEEL AIRCRAFT TO HAVE A CLEAR VIEW OF WHAT?S IN FRONT AND ALL-AROUND OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N334SC (1)

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

- [Accident 20200825013749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200825013749A), Aug 25, 2020: Cessna 180C (N334SC), Givens Hot Spri, ID, Substantial damage. The pilot performed a normal run-up at the end of runway 30. He lowered the flaps to 20 degrees and began the take-off run. He pushed forward on the yoke and…

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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