# Incident 20210207000889I: Cessna 180, El Cajon, CA, February 7, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 2021, 14:30 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9172C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9172C) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 49 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210207000889I

## Narrative

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

AFTER LANDING ON A FLIGHT FROM DEER VALLEY ARIZONA TO GILLESPIE FIELD CALIFORNIA, THE AIRCRAFT CAUGHT A GUST OF WIND AND THE PILOT OVER CORRECTED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO PERFORM A GROUND LOOP.

## Other reports on N9172C (2)

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

- [Incident 19881203066929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881203066929I), Dec 3, 1988: Cessna 180 (N9172C), Fairbanks, AK, Minor damage. Taxiing on skis to reposition in high winds. Hit frozen pond bank and overturned.
- [Accident 19771002030219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771002030219A), Oct 2, 1977: Cessna 180 (N9172C), AK, Substantial damage

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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