# NTSB CEN21LA308: Cessna 180J, N42084, Tyler, TX, July 1, 2021 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: June 30, 2021, 19:20 local (Jul 1, 2021, 00:20 UTC) - Place: Tyler, TX - Coordinates: 32.349998, -95.300003 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3500&lon=-95.3000&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA FSDO - North Texas - NTSB case key (mKey): 103429 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN21LA308 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/103429/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=103429 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA308 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain proper airspeed on approach resulting in an extended touchdown, bounced landing, and runway excursion. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 180J, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md?model=2072622), [All aircraft, 1,391 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 180J, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md?model=2072622), [All aircraft, 1,681 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md) - [Terrain: rough terrain](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021015): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Contributed to outcome; cases with it: [Cessna 180J, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021015/cases.md?model=2072622), [All aircraft, 442 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021015/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 180J, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md?model=2072622), [All aircraft, 400 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md) - [Landing: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090); cases with it: [Cessna 180J, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=2072622), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 180J, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2072622), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that while on approach to land at his private grass airstrip, he realized that his airspeed was faster than it should have been and landed the airplane long down the airstrip. Upon touchdown, the airplane bounced and skidded off the mowed part of the airstrip into high grass. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left-wing, left-wing strut, and left horizontal stabilizer. The pilot did not report any preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operations. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N42084](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N42084), registered now, S/N 18052309 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 180J - Registry model: [Cessna 180J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180j) (registry code 2072622) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18052309 - Year built: 1973 - Engines: Continental O-470 230 hp reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Williamson Russell L - Registered owner: Williamson Russell L - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: RFI, Rusk, TX - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: None, Private, runway 180, 3,000 × 75 ft, grass/turf - Equipment: Unknown ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 79; injuries: none; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 26,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 140° at 5 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 73 °F - Altimeter: 30.09 inHg - Observed at: KTYR, 5 nm away - METAR: METAR KTYR 300253Z AUTO 14005KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP183 60000 T02440228 51010 $ ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20210630011599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210630011599A), Jun 30, 2021: Cessna 180J, Tyler, TX, Substantial damage. Pilot stated that he took his Cessna 180, to rusk county airport to fuel it. Then he returned to his ranch near Tyler, Texas. He stated that it was… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 16, 2021, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=103429. 1.3 MB in all. - Memorandum for the record pilot statement CEN21LA308 (item 1, PDF, 1 page, 130 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12818336&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Memorandum%20for%20the%20Record%20Pilot%20Statement%20CEN21LA308_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photo array CEN21LA308 (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 1.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12818658&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array%20CEN21LA308-Rel.pdf 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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