# Incident 20230108000059I: Cessna C180, Duluth, MN, January 8, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 2023, 13:00 local time
- Place: Duluth, MN
- Airport: Sky Harbor
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.7833° N, 92.1066° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Duluth, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7833&lon=-92.1066&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3189C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3189C) (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 C180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,687 total, 14 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230108000059I

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^WERE ON A FLIGHT ON 01-08-2022 TO GAIN PROFICIENCY IN THEIR RECENTLY PURCHASED AIRCRAFT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE PIC FOR THE FLIGHT AS HE HAD BOTH A TAILWHEEL ENDORSEMENT AND HIGH PERFORMANCE ENDORSEMENT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS MANIPULATING THE CONTROLS FOR THE FLIGHT AS A WAY TO GET SOME PRACTICE BEFORE PAYING A CFI TO FLY WITH HIM IN ORDER TO GAIN A HIGH PERFORMANCE ENDORSEMENT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ALREADY HAS A TAILWHEEL ENDORSEMENT.

BOTH PILOTS MENTIONED THAT THE WIND WAS 220° AT 9 KNOTS, WHICH WAS A RIGHT CROSSWIND, AS THEY WERE COMING IN FOR A LANDING ON RUNWAY 14.  BOTH PILOTS STATED THAT THE WINDS WERE STEADY AND THAT THE APPROACH ALL THE WAY TO THE TOUCHDOWN WAS SMOOTH. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD APPLIED RIGHT AILERON AND LEFT RUDDER FOR THE LANDING AND TRANSITIONED TO FULL DEFLECTION ON BOTH CONTROLS DURING THE ROLLOUT.  AFTER LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT WHERE IT EXITED THE RUNWAY INTO THE SNOWBANK AND ALMOST ONTO THE FROZEN LAKE.

THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHICH INCLUDED BUT WAS NOT LIMITED TO THE LEFT WINGTIP, LEFT LEADING EDGE, AND ONE PROPELLER BLADE BENT AFT.

DURING THE INTERVIEW ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MENTIONED THAT HIS PERSONAL CROSSWIND LIMIT WAS BETWEEN 10 AND 12 KNOTS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HIS PERSONAL CROSSWIND LIMIT WAS 10 KNOTS.  BOTH PILOTS WERE NEARING THEIR PERSONAL LIMITS.

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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