# Incident 20050416005309I: Cessna 180, ID, April 16, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2005, 15:30 local time
- Place: ID
- Airport: Seminole Ranch
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N4569B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4569B-2008-01-02) (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
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050416005309I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N4569B, A 1955 CESSNA 180 RECEIVED "MINOR DAMAGE" TO THE PROPELLER AND LEFT WINGTIP DURING A TAKEOFF ATTEMPT FROM THE CLOSED SEMINOLE RANCH AIRSTRIP. THE SEMINOLE RANCH AIRSTRIP IS LOCATED IN THE SELWAY BITTERROOT WILDERNESS AREA IN NORTH IDAHO. THE AIRCRAFT IS OWNED, AND WAS PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A PRIVATE PILOT FROM REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ STATED HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TURN THE AIRCRAFT AROUND ON A HILL AT THE END OF THE ONE WAY RUNWAY WHEN THE AIRCRAFT TIPPED OVER ON IT'S NOSE DAMAGING THE PROP AND LEFT WING TIP. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THREE OF HIS FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N4569B (2)

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

- [Incident 19870611020019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870611020019I), Jun 11, 1987: Cessna 180 (N4569B), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. During landing on a sandbar the tire encountered deep sand. The aircraft slowed rapidly, flipped over.
- [Accident 19810321011929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810321011929A), Mar 21, 1981: Cessna 180 (N4569B), Skwentna, AK, Substantial damage. Landed on snow covered runway. Wheels broke through snow crust. Airplane nosed over.

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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