# Accident 20060902017639A: Cessna 180, Arock, OR, September 2, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2006, 20:30 local time
- Place: Arock, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1914° N, 117.6464° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1914&lon=-117.6464&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9026C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9026C-2009-07-01) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 840 total, 800 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA06CA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA174) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060902017639A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT LANDED LONG ON A 950 FOOT FIELD ADJACENT TO RIVER AND ATTEMPTED TO TAKE OFF. HE STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT. AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR MADE CONTACT WITH A 15 FOOT TREE AND THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO THE OWYHEE RIVER. THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT WAS UNINJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS AND TAKEOFFS AT THE TIME OF 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 SEA06CA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA174), Sep 3, 2006: Cessna 180 (N9026C), Arock, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during a go-around, resulting in an in-flight collision with trees and substantial damage to the airplane. Factors included the pilot's failure to…

## Other reports on N9026C (1)

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

- [Incident 19970624017619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970624017619I), Jun 24, 1997: Cessna 180 (N9026C), Wilder, ID, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot reported he was on final approach to heads field, a Private agricultural strip between greenleaf Idaho and Wilder Idaho. The engine became…

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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