# Accident 20050921022399A: Cessna 180H, Yelm, WA, September 21, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2005, 18:55 local time
- Place: Yelm, WA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.8828° N, 122.5833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8828&lon=-122.5833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1037V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1037V) (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
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA05CA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05CA197) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050921022399A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2005, APPROXIMATELY 1955 PDT, A CE-180-H, N1037V, REGISTERED TO AND BEING FLOWN BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ A US REGISTERED PRIVATE PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN THE PILOT PERFORMED A FORCED LANDING IN YELM WA. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ STATED THAT "HE TOOK OFF FROM THE FLYING "B" AIRPORT IN YELM. THE ENGINE STUDDERED AND BEGAN TO STOP. HE PULLED OUT AND PUSHED ON THE THROTTLE AND MIXTURE. THE ENGINE SURGED. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ BEGAN A 90 DEGREE TURN TO AN OPEN FIELD. LANDED IN FIELD THRU FOUR FENCES. LANDING ROLL OF 660 FEET." VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED A LOCKING NUT MISSING ON THE MIXTURE LEVER CABLE. FUNCTIONAL TEST AFTER THIS FINDING REVEALED THAT WHEN OPERATING MIXTURE CABLE FROM PILOTS SEAT STOP TO STOP, LEVER ON CARBURETOR SLIPPED AND WOULD NOT STAY IN PRESET POSITION IN RELATION TO MIXTURE CABLE.

## 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 SEA05CA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05CA197), Sep 22, 2005: Cessna 180H (N1037V), Yelm, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The mixture control linkage separation as a result of a missing retaining nut and washer on the mixture cable attach bolt. Inadequate maintenance inspection and fences were factors.

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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