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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 180 · Wilder, ID · June 24, 1997

Date
June 24, 1997 · 15:00 local
Place
Wilder, ID
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9026C
Reported as
Cessna 180
Reported engine
Continental O470J
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,600 total800 in this make and model34 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: pilot reported he was on final approach to heads field, a Private agricultural strip between greenleaf Idaho and Wilder Idaho. The engine became rough and then quit. Aircraft contacted ground approximately 200 yards short of the runway in a mint field. Damage to the aircraft was to the main landing gear, lower cowling, propeller and spinner. Investigation revealed left fuel tank to contain no fuel, right fuel tank appeared to contain between one and two gallons of fuel. No fuel could be drained from the sump drains. privacy data omitted No NMAC or pilot deviation occurred. This report and investigation are closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT REPORTED HE WAS ON FINAL APPROACH TO HEADS FIELD, A PRIVATE AGRICULTURAL STRIP BETWEEN GREENLEAF IDAHO AND WILDER IDAHO. THE ENGINE BECAME ROUGH AND THEN QUIT. AIRCRAFT CONTACTED GROUND APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS SHORT OF THE RUNWAY IN A MINT FIELD. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS TO THE MAIN LANDING GEAR, LOWER COWLING, PROPELLER AND SPINNER. INVESTIGATION REVEALED LEFT FUEL TANK TO CONTAIN NO FUEL, RIGHT FUEL TANK APPEARED TO CONTAIN BETWEEN ONE AND TWO GALLONS OF FUEL. NO FUEL COULD BE DRAINED FROM THE SUMP DRAINS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NO NMAC OR PILOT DEVIATION OCCURRED. THIS REPORT AND INVESTIGATION ARE CLOSED.

Other reports on N9026C · 1

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