# Accident 20060326005069A: Cessna 180G, Eleleth, MN, March 26, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2006, 12:00 local time
- Place: Eleleth, MN
- Airport: Eleleth-Virginia Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4306° N, 92.4986° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4306&lon=-92.4986&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1250W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1250W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180G (registry code 2072616, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180G
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 634 total, 159 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06LA101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060326005069A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 3-26-06 AT EVELETH, MN, N1250W, CESSNA 180G, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ WAS LANDING ON RWY 09. A WITNESS ON BOARD REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ONCE AND VEERED LEFT AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. RUNWAY MARKS INDICATE THE LEFT WING TIP CONTACTED THE LEFT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED OVER A DRAINAGE DITCH, STRIKING THE FAR SIDE, AND THROUGH A SECOND DITCH, STRIKING THE FAR SIDE, AND THROUGH A CYCLONE FENCE AND CONTINUED TO A STOP NEAR A TREE LINE. THE LEFT LANDING GEAR WAS FORWARD AND TWISTED UPWARD. THE BREAKS IN THE FUSELAGE ATTACH FITTING APPEAR NEW. THE FUSELAGE ATTACH FITTING WAS BROKEN. THE WHEEL SKIS STAYED ATTACHED AND WERE IN THE UP POSITION. RUNWAY MARKS WOULD INDICATE NO RIGHT GEAR CONTACT. RUNWAY MARKS AND LEFT TIRE SCRUB MARKS ON INNER TIRE TREAD EDGE WOULD INDICATE LEFT TIRE SKIDDING.

## 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 CHI06LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06LA101), Mar 26, 2006: Cessna 180G (N1250W), Eveleth, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing rollout, which resulted in the airplane departing the left side of the runway. Contributing to the accident was the airport…

## Other reports on N1250W (1)

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

- [Accident 20090907049379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090907049379A), Sep 7, 2009: Cessna 180G (N1250W), Canby, MN, Substantial damage. During landing the pilot experienced a gust of wind from the right side of the aircraft which caused the right wing to pitch up and the left wing tip to strike…

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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