# Incident 20200619006299I: Cessna 180, Roswell, NM, June 19, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2020, 18:28 local time
- Place: Roswell, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3734° N, 104.5294° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roswell, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3734&lon=-104.5294&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2970A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2970A-2023-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,383 total, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200619006299I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 19, 2020, AT APPROXIMATELY 1728 MST, A CESSNA 180 AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N2970A, ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RWY 35 AT ROSWELL AIRPORT(ROW) ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO.  THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A CROSSWIND CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO LAND 6OO FEET RIGHT OF RUNWAY 35 CENTERLINE IN THE DIRT FIELD, NEXT TO PARKING RAMP. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT IS AS FOLLOWS BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT MLG SHEERED OFF AND WITH ALL MLG COMPONENTS (WHEELS AND TIRES, BRAKE LINES) ALL MLG ATTACHING HARDWARE AND AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE IS STILL ATTACHED TO LANDING GEARS. RT MLG IS LAYING APPROX 50-75 FEET FROM AIRCRAFT.  LT MLG IS LAYING 25 FEET FROM AIRCRAFT WITH ALL COMPONENTS AND ATTACHING HARDWARE AND STRUCTURE. PROP HAS DAMAGE ONE SIDE IS BENT BACKWARDS FROM STRIKING THE GROUND AND SHOWS EVIDENCE OF A STRIKE ON THE OTHER SIDE. THE ENGINE HAS EVIDENCE OF SUDDEN STOPPAGE FROM PROP STRIKE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE.  BUT THE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM PRESCOTT REGIONAL AIRPORT ARIZONA, (KPRC) ON JUNE 19, 2020 AT APPROXIMATELY 1230 PST.

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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