# Incident 20061025021339I: Cessna 180, Boise, ID, October 25, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2006, 12:15 local time
- Place: Boise, ID
- Airport: Boise Air Terminal - Gowen Fld
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5644° N, 116.2230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field (BOI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5644&lon=-116.2230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N180MK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N180MK) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 300 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061025021339I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE VFR PRIVATE PILOT DEPARTED RICHLAND, WAS ON A CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT TO IDAHO FALLS, ID. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS UNABLE TO PROCEED DUE TO DETERIORATING WEATHER AND ATTEMPTED SUN VALLEY, ID, POCATELLO, ID AND TWIN FALLS. THE PILOT STATED HE FELT HE WOULD BE UNABLE TO PROCEED VFR TO ANY OF THESE DESTINATIONS AND PROCEEDED DIRECT TO BOISE, ID. AFTER BEING CLEARED TO LAND ON RWY 28L, THE ENGINE LOST POWER DUE TO FUEL STARVATION AND THE PILOT LANDED 1/2 MILE SHORT OF THE RWY IN A GRASSY AREA. THE SOLE PASSENGER INDICATED THAT MOST OF THE FLIGHT WAS MADE OVER THE TOP OF AN OVERCAST TO BROKEN LAYER WHERE THERE WERE FEW HOLES TO MAKE A DESCENT PRIOR TO REACHING BOISE.

## Other reports on N180MK (2)

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

- [Accident 20230527016779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230527016779A), May 27, 2023: Cessna 180 (N180MK), Minden, NV, Substantial damage. During rollout to an intended full-stop landing, the aircraft experienced an unexpected shift in the winds causing the nose of the aircraft to weathervane to…
- [Incident 19930124007259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930124007259I), Jan 24, 1993: Cessna 180 (N180MK), Holcombe, WI, Minor damage. Pilot was attempting a landing on a snow covered lake. Not equiped with skis. Overturned on rollout.

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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