# Accident 20080615840889A: Cessna 180, Atlanta, ID, June 15, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2008, 11:30 local time
- Place: Atlanta, ID
- Airport: Graham Usfs
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9553° N, 115.2725° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9553&lon=-115.2725&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2294C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2294C) (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: 1,416 total, 185 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08CA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA245) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080615840889A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON JUNE 15, 2008. IT WAS NOT REPORTED BY THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT LANDED LONG AND RAN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK SOME LOGS AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND DAMAGED THE LANDING GEAR AND THE STRUCTURE SURROUNDING THE AREA WHERE THE LEANDING GEAR IS MOUNTED. PLEASE NOTE: THIS ACCIDENT REPORT WILL BE RECORDED AS OVERDUE. HOWEVER, THE PILOT STATED THAT HIS ATTORNEY ADVISED HIM THAT THE DAMAGE TO HIS AIRCRAFT DID NOT MEET THE GUIDLINES TO BE A REPORTABLE ACCIDENT. HE DID NOT REPORT THE ACCIDENT. THE WRECKAGE WAS DISCOVERED IN A SALVAGE YARD BY FAA INSPECTORS WHO WERE INSPECTING ANOTHER AIRCRAFT. THE DATE OF DISCOVERY WAS JULY 22, 2008. DO NOT MARK THIS ACCIDENT REPORT AS LATE.

## 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 LAX08CA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA245), Jun 15, 2008: Cessna 180 (N2294C), Atlanta, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudged speed and distance during the intentional touchdown in the last half of the runway, which resulted in a landing overrun. Contributing to the accident was the muddy runway…

## Other reports on N2294C (2)

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

- [Accident 19990918028429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990918028429A), Sep 18, 1999: Cessna 180 (N2294C), Palmer, AK, Substantial damage. (.19) On September 18, 1999, about 1200 Alaska daylight time, a Cessna 180 airplane, N2294C, sustained substantial damage during landing at an off airport…
- [Accident 19831119059969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831119059969A), Nov 19, 1983: Cessna 180 (N2294C), Big Lake, AK, Substantial damage. Landed on a frozen lake. Encountered area of water between ice and snow cover causing aircraft to nose over.

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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