# Accident 20191012019519A: Cessna 180J, Greenville, TX, October 12, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 2019, 14:30 local time
- Place: Greenville, TX
- Airport: Majors Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0678° N, 96.0653° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0678&lon=-96.0653&mi=10
- Aircraft: N333DW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N333DW-2020-12-22) (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: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 35 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA20CA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191012019519A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 12, 2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 14:30 LOCAL TIME, N333DW, A CESSNA CE-180, S/N: 18052491, LANDED ON RUNWAY 35 AT MAJORS AIRPORT (KGVT) GREENVILLE, TX AND VEERED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 35 INTO THE GRASS. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST FACING SOUTHEAST WITH THE LEFT LANDING GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND THE LEFT WING BENT UP APPROXIMATELY 20 DEGREES FROM THE WING TIP TO ABOUT 3 FEET INBOARD OF THE WING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT, CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND HOLDS A SECOND CLASS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE DATED 12/10/2018. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS CARRYING ONE PASSENGER AND NO INJURIES OCCURRED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## 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 GAA20CA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA024), Oct 12, 2019: Cessna 180 (N333DW), Greenville, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion and ground-loop.

## Other reports on N333DW (1)

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

- [Incident 19891117058959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891117058959I), Nov 17, 1989: Cessna 180J (N333DW), Cordova, AK, Minor damage. While taxiing main gear entered soft sand. Wind flipped aircraft on its back.

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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