# Accident 20100523005059A: Cessna 180A, Kettle Falls, WA, May 23, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2010, 13:30 local time
- Place: Kettle Falls, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.4683° N, 118.1744° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4683&lon=-118.1744&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9104R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9104R-2013-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180A (registry code 2072604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10CA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA257) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100523005059A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED TO THE SOUTH ON PRIVATE GRASS STRIP. AN ELEVATED DRIVEWAY RUNS PERPENDICULAR TO THE SOUTH END OF THE STRIP. UPON REACHING THE END, HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP. ATTEMPTED TO TURN HARD TO THE RIGHT BUT THE AIRCRAFT SLID AND IMPACTED THE DRIVEWAY WITH THE LT MLG, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO GET UP ON ITS NOSE AND LH WING. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED A PROP STRIKE, SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO LH WING, AND EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE BELLY AND LANDING GEAR SADDLE AREA.

## 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 WPR10CA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA257), May 23, 2010: Cessna 180A (N9104R), Kettle Falls, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from obstacles during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident was the reduced visibility due to precipitation.

## Other reports on N9104R (3)

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

- [Accident 19890119001179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890119001179A), Jan 19, 1989: Cessna 180A (N9104R), Arlington, WA, Substantial damage. Hand started engine to reposition aircraft. Unsecured plane taxied into signs and two parked aircraft.
- [Accident 19801016057989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801016057989A), Oct 16, 1980: Cessna A188B (N9104R), Myakka City, FL, Destroyed. Engine lost power on climbout. Struck tree stumps off end of runway. Burned. Cause undetermined.
- [Accident 19770802022899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770802022899A), Aug 2, 1977: Cessna A188B (N9104R), Statesboro, GA, Destroyed. Spraying beans.

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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