# Accident 20230621011769A: Cessna 180, Osceola, IA, June 21, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2023, 15:36 local time
- Place: Osceola, IA
- Airport: Osceola Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0508° N, 93.6892° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0508&lon=-93.6892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3127C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3127C) (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: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,548 total, 15 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN23LA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA251) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230621011769A

## Narrative

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

THE LOSS OF CONTROL ON LANDING ROLL OUT WAS DUE TO THE FAILURE TO USE PROPER/ENOUGH CROSSWIND CONTROL OF THE 10 KNOT DIRECT CROSSWIND DURING THE LANDING TOUCHDOWN AND ROLL OUT.

## 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 CEN23LA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA251), Jun 21, 2023: Cessna 180 (N3127C), Osceola, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the tailwheel equipped airplane during a crosswind landing.

## Other reports on N3127C (1)

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

- [Incident 19791130045469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791130045469I), Nov 30, 1979: Cessna 180 (N3127C), Rock Springs, WY, Minor damage. During takeoff roll in crosswind on ice covered runway, aircraft uncontrollably veered left, ground looped.

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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