# Accident 20080926845929A: Cessna 180, Bluff, UT, September 26, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 2008, 08:15 local time
- Place: Bluff, UT
- Airport: Bluff
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2422° N, 110.4261° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2422&lon=-110.4261&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4646A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4646A) (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
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,690 total, 1,150 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08CA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA211) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080926845929A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 SEA08CA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA211), Sep 26, 2008: Cessna 180 (N4646A), Bluff, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's encounter with the rough, uneven, and eroded condition of the airstrip.

## Other reports on N4646A (1)

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

- [Accident 19780120001259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780120001259A), Jan 20, 1978: Cessna 180E (N4646A), Redding, CA, Substantial damage

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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