# Incident 20230415008419I: Cessna 180J, Naples, FL, April 15, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2023, 11:20 local time
- Place: Naples, FL
- Airport: Naples Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1524° N, 81.7756° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NAPLES MUNI (APF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1524&lon=-81.7756&mi=10
- Aircraft: N180TC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N180TC) (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: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 95 total, 93 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230415008419I

## Narrative

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

PART 91 OPERATION CESSNA 172S, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, SERIAL NUMBER 172S8801, WITH STUDENT PILOT ON BOARD HAD A RUNWAY EXCURSION WHILE LANDING RUNWAY 05 AT KAPF NAPLES, FL. PILOT FOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REPORTED GOING AROUND ON THE FIRST TRY AND ON THE SECOND TIME ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SLIGHTLY BALLOONED THEN TOUCHED DOWN. UPON TOUCHING DOWN N108TC VEERED TO THE RIGHT ENTERING THE GRASS SAFETY AREA AND CONTACTING A RUNWAY 05 EDGE LIGHT. N108TC THEN CROSSED RUNWAY 32 REENTERING THE GRASS SAFETY AREA FOR RUNWAY 05 BETWEEN RUNWAY 32 AND TAXIWAY BRAVO. IT WAS THERE WHERE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CAME TO A STOP 15 YARDS FROM THE RUNWAYS EDGE. MINOR DENT DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT RIGHT LANDING GEAR STRUT AND NO INJURIES TO STUDENT PILOT.

THE FLIGHT SCHOOL ASSIGNED STUDENT PILOT THE CHIEF LIGHT INSTRUCTOR. STUDENT PILOT HAS BEEN RECEIVING ADDITIONAL CROSSWIND TRAINING, AND REVIEWING THE FUNDAMENTALS OF FLIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENT PILOT FLIGHT TRAINING FOUNDATION IS STRONG.

## Other reports on N180TC (1)

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

- [Accident 19831001054259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831001054259A), Oct 1, 1983: Cessna 180J (N180TC), Silverdale, WA, Substantial damage. Aircraft ground looped during fast taxi when pilot was demonstrating how not to ground loop.

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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