# Incident 19970624017619I: Cessna 180, Wilder, ID, June 24, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 1997, 15:00 local time
- Place: Wilder, ID
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6775° N, 116.9076° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilder, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6775&lon=-116.9076&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9026C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9026C-2009-07-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Reported engine: CONT O470J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 800 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970624017619I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

- [Accident 20060902017639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060902017639A), Sep 2, 2006: Cessna 180 (N9026C), Arock, OR, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot landed long on a 950 foot field adjacent to river and attempted to take off. He stated that the aircraft drifted to the right. Aircraft landing…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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