# Accident 20050717015459A: Cessna 180, Deep River, MN, July 17, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2005, 11:40 local time
- Place: Deep River, MN
- Airport: Bowstring Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.5500° N, 93.8672° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5500&lon=-93.8672&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4652B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4652B-2013-08-22) (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 O470*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 230 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05CA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA195) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050717015459A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MOVE AIRCRAFT TO SMALLER LAKE TO PREVENT AIRCRAFT AND FLOATS FROM BEING DAMAGED BY WAVES STARTING TO POUND DOCK. DURING TAKEOFF AT APPROXIMATELY 40 KNOTS PILOT DETERMINED THAT WATER WAS TOO ROUGH AND PULLED BACK POWER ABORTING TAKEOFF. PONTOONS DOVE INTO WAVE FLIPPING AIRCRAFT OVER NOSE FIRST SUBMERGING IT PONTOON UP IN LAKE.

## 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 CHI05CA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA195), Jul 17, 2005: Cessna 180 (N4652B), Bowstring, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The unsuitable water conditions for takeoff selected by the pilot and his inability to maintain aircraft control in the rough water. Contributing factors were the aborted takeoff initiated by the…

## Other reports on N4652B (1)

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

- [Incident 19910224006449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910224006449I), Feb 24, 1991: Cessna 180C (N4652B), Rush City, MN. Engine failure in flight. Emergency landing at Rush City airport. Landed safely.

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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