# Accident 20210630011599A: Cessna 180J, Tyler, TX, June 30, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2021, 19:20 local time
- Place: Tyler, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3500° N, 95.3000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3500&lon=-95.3000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42084, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N42084) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 26,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21LA308](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA308) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210630011599A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT HE TOOK HIS CESSNA 180, TO RUSK COUNTY AIRPORT TO FUEL IT. THEN HE RETURNED TO HIS RANCH NEAR TYLER, TEXAS. HE STATED THAT IT WAS APPROXIMATELY A 15 MINUTE FLIGHT EACH WAY. THE WEATHER WAS MOSTLY CLEAR WITH A FEW SCATTERED CLOUDS WITH THE WINDS CALM. HIS LANDING STRIP IS SOMEWHAT DOWNHILL WITH SOME HIGH TREES ON THE APPROACH TO THE LANDING AREA. HE STATED THAT HE WAS FASTER THAN HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AND LANDED LONG. HE BOUNCED AND CAME DOWN SLIGHTLY HEADED TO THE RIGHT OF HIS INTENDED PATH. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED RIGHT AND THE LEFT MAIN STRUT FOLDED. THE LEFT WING, LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND LEFT STRUT WERE ALL DAMAGED. HE WAS NOT INJURED.

PILOT'S MEDICAL CERTIFICATE EXPIRED JUNE 19, 2012. CONFIRMED THROUGH CAMI THAT THIS IS THE LAST MEDICAL INFORMATION THEY HAVE FOR THE PILOT. IN ACCORDANCE WITH 14 CFR PART 61.23(A)(3)(I) MUST HOLD AT LEAST A THIRD-CLASS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE?

(I) WHEN EXERCISING THE PRIVILEGES OF A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE, RECREATIONAL PILOT CERTIFICATE, OR STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE, EXCEPT WHEN OPERATING UNDER THE CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN §61.113(I);

THERE IS NO RECORD OF A BIENNIAL FLIGHT.  REVIEW. IN ACCORDANCE WITH 14 CFR PART 61.56(C) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPHS (D), (E), AND (G) OF THIS SECTION, NO PERSON MAY ACT AS PILOT IN COMMAND OF AN AIRCRAFT UNLESS, SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE 24TH CALENDAR MONTH BEFORE THE MONTH IN WHICH THAT PILOT ACTS AS PILOT IN COMMAND, THAT PERSON HAS?

(1) ACCOMPLISHED A FLIGHT REVIEW GIVEN IN AN AIRCRAFT FOR WHICH THAT PILOT IS RATED BY AN AUTHORIZED INSTRUCTOR AND

(2) A LOGBOOK ENDORSED FROM AN AUTHORIZED INSTRUCTOR WHO GAVE THE REVIEW CERTIFYING THAT THE PERSON HAS SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED THE REVIEW.

## 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 CEN21LA308](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA308), Jul 1, 2021: Cessna 180J (N42084), Tyler, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain proper airspeed on approach resulting in an extended touchdown, bounced landing, and runway excursion.

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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