# Accident 20111111027119A: Cessna 180, Eau Claire, WI, November 11, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 2011, 19:15 local time
- Place: Eau Claire, WI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8658° N, 91.4844° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8658&lon=-91.4844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3606C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3606C) (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 MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 940 total, 900 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA060) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111111027119A

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAD NOT OBTAINED A WEATHER BRIEF OR PERFORMED ANY PRE-FLIGHT PLANNING.  PILOT IS SERIOUSLY CONFUSED AND DENIES HAVING FLOWN INTO THE KEAU AIRPORT EARLIER THAT DAY.  DID NOT REMEMBER ANY AIRPORTS WHERE HE HAD BEEN.  EXPERIENCED A GENERATOR FAILURE SOMETIME AFTER LANDING AT HIS THIRD AIRPORT.  COULD NOT LOCATE ANY AIRPORT AFTER OVER AN HOUR OF FLIGHT.  HE HAD JUST BEEN TO RICE LAKE AIRPORT AND HAD BEEN AT THE KEAU AIRPORT EARLIER THAT AFTERNOON.  HE ELECTED TO LAND ON A ROAD 2 MILES FROM KEAU AIRPORT AT WHICH TIME AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## 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 CEN12LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA060), Nov 12, 2011: Cessna 180 (N3606C), Eau Claire, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s disorientation during a night flight, which resulted in an off-airport landing, and his inadequate directional control during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident was the loss…

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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