# Accident 20040907020949A: Cessna 180H, Dixie, ID, September 7, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2004, 17:30 local time
- Place: Dixie, ID
- Airport: Wilson Bar Usfs Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.3967° N, 115.4833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3967&lon=-115.4833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3458Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3458Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180H (registry code 2072618, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180H
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 645 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA04CA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04CA185) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040907020949A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N3458Y, A CESSNA 180 AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE UPON LANDING AT WILSON BAR AIRSTRIP LOCATED ON THE SALMON RIVER IN CENTRAL IDAHO. MR. JESSE STONE, A PRIVATE PILOT OWNS, AND WAS ACTING AS PILOT IN COMMAND ON THE AIRCRAFT ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2004 AT 17:30 PDT. ACCORDING TO ON-SITE NTSB INVESTIGATORS, THE AIRCRAFT'S APPROACH SPEED WAS TOO HIGH RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT LANDING LONG AND FLIPPING OVER AT THE END OF THE AIRSTRIP. THE PILOT MR. STONE HAD JUST ATTENDED A MOUNTAIN FLYING SEMINAR IN MCCALL, IDAHO PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 SEA04CA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04CA185), Sep 8, 2004: Cessna 180H (N3458Y), McCall, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to attain proper touchdown point for landing on the backcountry airstrip. Contributing factors were downdraft weather conditions and the pilot's excessive speed for landing.

## Other reports on N3458Y (2)

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

- [Incident 19870504024339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870504024339I), May 4, 1987: Cessna 180H (N3458Y), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. Pilot departed aircraft with engine idling to move his truck. Unoccupied aircraft moved slowly into a parked plane.
- [Accident 19770212002509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770212002509A), Feb 12, 1977: Cessna 180H (N3458Y), Apollo, PA, Substantial damage. First 1/3RD rwy snow covered

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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