# Accident 20080607840689A: Cessna 180G, Eveleth, MN, June 7, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 2008, 12:00 local time
- Place: Eveleth, MN
- Airport: Sky Harbor Spb
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4597° N, 92.5405° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4597&lon=-92.5405&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4701U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4701U) (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 O470*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,885 total, 683 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08CA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA155) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080607840689A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT LANDED ON THE GRASS STRIP AND UPON ROLLING OUT, ENCOUNTERED A SOFT AREA ALLOWING THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TO SINK INTO THE GROUND, BRINGING THE AIRCRAFT TO A SUDDEN STOP AT WHICH POINT THE NOSE, PROPELLER, AND THE VERTICAL STABILIZER STRUCK THE GROUND AS THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD CALLED THE DAY BEFORE AND INQUIRED ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE GRASS STRIP AND WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS OK.

## 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 CHI08CA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA155), Jun 7, 2008: Cessna 180 (N4701U), Eveleth, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot elected to land on a grass airstrip that was unsuitable for landing due to the wet, soft runway conditions. The wet, soft runway 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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