# Accident 20190622007829A: Cessna 180A, Panama City, FL, June 22, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 2019, 15:55 local time
- Place: Panama City, FL
- Airport: Northwest Florida Beaches Inte
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3583° N, 85.7956° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3583&lon=-85.7956&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5239D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5239D) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 26,500 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA415](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA415) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190622007829A

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAD LOSS OF CONTROL ON LANDING ROLL OUT IN TAILWHEEL AIRCRAFT RESULTING IN GROUND LOOP. STRUCTURAL  DAMAGE TO LEFT WING MAIN SPAR, WHEEL, HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND ELEVATOR.

## 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 GAA19CA415](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA415), Jun 22, 2019: Cessna 180 (N5239D), Panama City, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a ground loop.

## Other reports on N5239D (1)

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

- [Incident 20070723013849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070723013849I), Jul 23, 2007: Cessna 180A (N5239D), Golden City, MO, No damage. (-23) During a VFR flight from northwest regional airport, roanoke, TX, to omar n. bradley airport in moberly, MO, while cruising at 3,500 feet MSL, the engine…

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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