# Incident 20230415005229I: Cessna 180E, Addison, TX, April 15, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2023, 12:30 local time
- Place: Addison, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9637° N, 96.8338° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Addison, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9637&lon=-96.8338&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2420S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2420S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180E (registry code 2072612, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 446 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230415005229I

## Narrative

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

- ON FINAL TURN, STABILIZED APPROACH WITH WINDS FROM WEST.

- STABLE IN FLAIR ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY USING CROSS WIND CORRECTION.

- AFTER TOUCHDOWN CROSSWIND GUST RAISED TAIL AND PUSHED THE TAIL TO RIGHT.

- APPLIED MAXIMUM CONTROL DEFLECTION TO PREVENT GROUND LOOP BUT NOT BEFORE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY.

- APPLIED MAXIMUM BRAKING EFFORT AND ATTEMPT TO STEER AWAY FROM PRECISION APPROACH PATH INDICATOR (PAPI), LEFT MAIN GEAR IMPACTED PAPI LIGHT.

- AIRCRAFT CAME TO STOP ON GRASS ON WEST SIDE OF RUNWAY.

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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