# Accident 20240520005509A: Cessna 180K, Midland, TX, May 20, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2024, 11:00 local time
- Place: Midland, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0363° N, 102.0991° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0363&lon=-102.0991&mi=10
- Aircraft: N600CG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N600CG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180K (registry code 2072624, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180K
- 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: 6,012 total, 140 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA195) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240520005509A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 20, 2024, AT 1100 CDT, A CESSNA 180, REGISTERED TO PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL. SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING AND LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILATOR AND LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. WHEN IT DEPARTED THE PAVED SURFACE AFTER LANDING AT MIDLAND AIRPARK (KMDD) IN MIDLAND, TX.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM MIDLAND, TX ON MAY 20, 2024, AT 1030 CDT.

## 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 CEN24LA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA195), May 20, 2024: Cessna 180K (N600CG), Midland, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor’s failure to take remedial action.

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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