# Accident 20250430006339A: Cessna 180F, Duncan, OK, April 30, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2025, 20:09 local time
- Place: Duncan, OK
- Airport: Halliburtion Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4709° N, 97.9599° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4709&lon=-97.9599&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2135Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2135Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180F (registry code 2072614, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 12,039 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA173) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250430006339A

## Narrative

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

ON 4/30/2025 AT 2300 HRS A CESSNA 180 WAS DOING A TOUCH AND GO'S AT DUNCAN MUNINCIPAL AIRPORT (DUC), WITH 2 PEOPLE ON BOARD, ON THE FINAL LANDING THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF RWY 17. THE PILOT PUSHED ON THE LH RUDDER PEDAL AND NOTICED NO RESISTANCE ON THE RUDDER PEDAL. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO THE RIGHT AND OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE MAIN LANDING GEARS TIRES CAME INTO CONTACT WITH SOFT MUDDY SOIL CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP AND LAND ON UPSIDE DOWN. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY THE PILOT AND PASSANGER.  AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTATIAL DAMAGE TO TAIL, WINGS AND ENGINE FIREWALL. AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE LEFT RUDDER CABLE WAS BROKEN.

## 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 CEN25LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA173), May 1, 2025: Cessna 180F (N2135Z), Duncan, OK, substantial damage, investigation ongoing

## Other reports on N2135Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19800927048339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800927048339A), Sep 27, 1980: Cessna 180C (N2135Z), Westwego, LA, Substantial damage. Pilot lost directional control during takeoff and hit seaplane dock.

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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