Cessna 180H N3458Y
8 September 2004 · McCall, Idaho, United States · Minor injuries
Summary
On 8 September 2004 at about 00:00 local time, a Cessna 180H registered N3458Y was involved in an accident near McCall, Idaho, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 00:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- McCall, Idaho, United States
- Nearest airport
- Wilson Bar USFS Arpt (ID76)
- Coordinates
- 45.3967, -115.4833
- Aircraft
- Cessna 180H
- Registration
- N3458Y
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- McCall → McCall
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- SEA04CA185
People
1 person had minor injuries.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to attain proper touchdown point for landing on the backcountry airstrip. Contributing factors were downdraft weather conditions and the pilot's excessive speed for landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
While flying base leg into Wilson Bar Airstrip, the pilot said he encountered "several moderate downdrafts." He said that he flew the final approach with 65 to 70 miles per hour (mph), but encountered a severe downdraft on short final (there was an approximate 35 foot bank from the river to the end of the runway). He applied full power, "was able to keep the aircraft from being driven into the river," but now had "excessive" airspeed. He landed long (the runway was 1,500 feet in length), and overran the end of the runway and nosed over. The engine's mount, firewall, and cowling were bent, the vertical stabilizer and rudder were bent, and the right wing and right horizontal stabilizer were bent and wrinkled. In the AirNav.com additional remarks for Wilson Bar USFS Airstrip it states: "Strip downdrafts prevalent on approach to runway 24."
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 180 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 May 2004 | Cessna 180 | Kingman, Arizona, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Mar 2004 | Cessna 180K | San Felipe, Mexico | Daniel Hall | No injuries | - |
| 22 Mar 2004 | Cessna 180H | Talkeetna, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 19 May 2004 | Cessna 180J | South St. Paul, Minnesota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 Sep 2004 | Cessna 180A | Kasiloff, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 27 Oct 2004 | Cessna 180 | Freedom, Pennsylvania, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
All 2,729 records for this type
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Oct 2004 | Cessna A185F | White Bird, Idaho, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 5 Sep 2004 | Piper PA-32R-301T | Picabo, Idaho, United States | Bob Cullen | No injuries | - |
| 29 Jun 2004 | Sheppard KITFOX IV | Rigby, Idaho, United States | Eldon B. Corry | No injuries | - |
| 28 Jan 2004 | Cessna 172N | Rigby, Idaho, United States | Avcenter, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 14 Sep 2004 | Cessna U206F | Stanley, Idaho, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 6 Jul 2004 | Mooney M20R | Hailey, Idaho, United States | - | No injuries | - |