# Incident 20210814014319I: Cessna 180, Deming, NM, August 14, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2021, 12:30 local time
- Place: Deming, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2631° N, 107.7525° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Deming, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2631&lon=-107.7525&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9202T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9202T) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 65 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210814014319I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 14, 2021, AT 1230 MDT, N9202T, A CESSNA 180 SKYWAGON, SINGLE ENGINE RECIPROCATING AIRCRAFT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS ORIGINATING FROM DEMING MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (DMN) ON A VFR FLIGHT WHEN IT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AFTER A RUNWAY EXCURSION.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

SHORTLY INTO THE RUNWAY 8 DEPARTURE ROLL, N9202T VEERED TO THE LEFT, DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND HIT THE PRECISION APPROACH PATH INDICATOR (PAPI) BEFORE COMING TO A STOP.  THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE PAPI AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.

THE PILOT WAS IN A HURRY TO GET OUT OF DMN.  THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF PREFLIGHT PLANNING.   THE LEFT TURNING TENDENCIES OF A SINGLE ENGINE AIRCRAFT AT LOW SPEED, THE WET RUNWAY AND INEFFECTIVE RIGHT BRAKE EXACERBATED THE SITUATION TO THE POINT DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST.

THE PILOT WAS IN A HURRY TO GET OUT OF DMN (PRESSURE).  THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF PREFLIGHT PLANNING (COMPLACENCY).   THE LEFT TURNING TENDENCIES OF A SINGLE ENGINE AIRCRAFT AT LOW SPEED, THE WET RUNWAY AND INEFFECTIVE RIGHT BRAKE EXACERBATED THE SITUATION TO THE POINT DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST (AWARENESS).

## Other reports on N9202T (1)

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

- [Accident 19871004059609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871004059609A), Oct 4, 1987: Cessna 180 (N9202T), Church Hill, MS, Substantial damage. Engine quit en route. Landed in a field, struck a ditch and nosed over. Found 2 quarts of water in each fuel tank.

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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