# Accident 20020215001999A: Cessna 180, Pacific City, OR, February 15, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 2002, 12:20 local time
- Place: Pacific City, OR
- Airport: Pacific City State Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1902° N, 123.9606° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1902&lon=-123.9606&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2434C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2434C) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA02LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02LA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020215001999A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON FEBRUARY 15, 2002, AT 1220 PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 180, N2434C, NOSED OVER DURING THE LANDING ROLL AT PACIFIC CITY STATE AIRPORT, PACIFIC CITY, OREGON. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED, BUT THE AIRCRAFT, WHICH IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE 14 CFR PART 91 PLEASURE FLIGHT, WHICH DEPARTED MCMINNVILLE, OREGON, ABOUT 30 MINUTES EARLIER, WAS BEING OPERATED IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THERE WAS NO REPORT F OF AN ELT ACTIVATION. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, WHO WAS LANDING IN GUSTY CROSSWINDS, AFTER BEING HIT BY A PARTICULARLY STRONG GUST, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT, DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, AND NOSED OVER AFTER COMING IN CONTACT WITH SOFT SWAMPY TERRAIN. HE SAID THAT THERE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRCRAFT'S STRUCTURE OR FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS. (-23) THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT STATED THAT DURING LANDING ROLLOUT HE ENCOUNTERED STRONG CROSSWINDS FROM THE RIGHT, WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO WEATHERVANE. HE SAID HE WAS UNABLE TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT FROM LEAVING THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT ON A HEADING OF APPROXIMATELY                     45 DEGREES TO THE RUNWAY HEADING. THE AREA IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY WAS COVERED WITH WATER AND THE GROUND WAS SOFT. THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AS SOON AS IT ENTERED THE WATER COVERED AREA. NEITHER THE PILOT NOR THE PASSENGER WERE INJURED BUT THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA02LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02LA041), Feb 15, 2002: Cessna 180 (N2434C), Pacific City, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for local wind conditions during the landing roll. Factors include unfavorable winds, and a swampy area adjacent to the runway.

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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