Cessna 180 N4722B

Summary

On 22 June 2024 at about 18:00 local time, a Cessna 180 registered N4722B was involved in an accident near Chamberlain Guard Station, Idaho, 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

22 June 2024 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Chamberlain Guard Station, Idaho, United States

Nearest airport

Chamberlain USFS Airport (U79)

Coordinates

45.3791, -115.1968

Aircraft

Cessna 180

Registration

N4722B

Category

Airplane

Year built

1955

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Yellow Pine

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dawn

NTSB number

WPR24LA209

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff which resulted in a collision with a rodent hole and subsequent nose over.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

During the takeoff roll from a grass airstrip, the tailwheel-equipped airplane encountered a wind gust, which weathervaned the airplane to the left and off runway centerline. The left main landing gear wheel impacted a rodent hole, and the airplane nosed over, which resulted in substantial damage to the wings and vertical stabilizer. The Federal Aviation Administration Airport Facility Directory for the airport indicated the runway was 200 ft wide and in fair condition. However, postaccident examination of the runway surface revealed that though the center 20 to 25 ft of the runway was in good repair, however, outside of the center of the runway had “abundant grass growth” with some larger rodent holes.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.