# Incident 20250308003459I: Cessna 180, Van Nuys, CA, March 8, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 2025, 14:10 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Van Nuys
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2098° N, 118.4900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VAN NUYS (VNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2098&lon=-118.4900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4649B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4649B) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,525 total, 3,468 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250308003459I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 8, 2025 COMMERCIAL PILOT OF A CESSNA 180 TAXIED ONTO A SERVICE ROAD AND STRUCK A SIGN AT THE VAN NUYS AIRPORT (VNY).  DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABALIZER.

## Other reports on N4649B (3)

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

- [Incident 19910503025349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910503025349I), May 3, 1991: Cessna 180 (N4649B), Marble Canyon, AZ, Minor damage. Aircraft bounced and veered. Attempted go around but ground looped. Stated had gusting quartering tail wind.
- [Accident 19820329006499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820329006499A), Mar 29, 1982: Cessna 180 (N4649B), Duluth, MN, Substantial damage. Lost control landing in a crosswind. Ran off runway into a snowbank and nosed over.
- [Incident 19780402008679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780402008679I), Apr 2, 1978: Cessna 180 (N4649B), Star, ID, 1 fatal. Parachute failed to deploy. Skydiver killed.

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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