Cessna 180 N4707U

Summary

On 4 September 2005 at about 01:45 local time, a Cessna 180 registered N4707U, operated by Alaska Bush Safari Co., was involved in an accident near McGrath, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

4 September 2005 at 01:45

Classification

Accident

Location

McGrath, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

62.0833, -154.6667

Aircraft

Cessna 180

Registration

N4707U

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Alaska Bush Safari Co.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sleetmute → McGrath

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC05CA145

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during the landing roll, which resulted in a nose over.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

During a cross-country business flight under Title 14, CFR Part 91, the airline transport certificated pilot landed on a gravel bar. Search and rescue aircraft responded to the area of the landing site after receiving an emergency locator transmitter (ELT) signal. The airplane was located overturned, but the pilot declined rescue. The pilot reported via e-mail to the NTSB IIC that the airplane received damage to the propeller, a wingtip, and the top of the vertical stabilizer, and indicated that a major repair would likely be necessary. The NTSB IIC confirmed the damage to airplane with recovery personnel who reported structural damage to the fuselage at the upper left cabin, the leading edges of both wings, the top of the vertical stabilizer, and the top of the rudder.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.