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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 180 · Bluff, UT · September 26, 2008

Date: September 26, 2008 · 08:15 local
Place: Bluff, UT
Airport: Bluff
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N4646A
NTSB investigation: NTSBSEA08CA211
Reported as: Cessna 180
Reported engine: Continental TSIO520*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,690 total1,150 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

N4646ARegistered now · Cessna 180S/N 32243 · Built 1956 Airframe modelCessna 180 Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) During back taxi airport surface not well maintained, left main of aircraft dropped into washout on side of runway which was not readily visible damaging propeller and left main landing gear. No injuries. This sort of accident is not unusual during operations on remote unmaintained airports.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING BACK TAXI AIRPORT SURFACE NOT WELL MAINTAINED, LEFT MAIN OF AIRCRAFT DROPPED INTO WASHOUT ON SIDE OF RUNWAY WHICH WAS NOT READILY VISIBLE DAMAGING PROPELLER AND LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. NO INJURIES. THIS SORT OF ACCIDENT IS NOT UNUSUAL DURING OPERATIONS ON REMOTE UNMAINTAINED AIRPORTS.

NTSB investigation

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NTSB SEA08CA211Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportBluff, UTThe pilot's encounter with the rough, uneven, and eroded condition of the airstrip.Sep 26, 2008 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N4646A · 1

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

Accident 19780120001259ATakeoff Ground Roll · Redding, CAJan 20, 1978 · Substantial damage