# Accident 20120130001739A: Cessna 180, Cascade, ID, January 30, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 2012, 10:30 local time
- Place: Cascade, ID
- Airport: Cascade, Idaho
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4922° N, 116.0147° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4922&lon=-116.0147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3242D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3242D-2020-06-19) (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: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,680 total, 5,100 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12CA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA086) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120130001739A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ON LANDING ON CENTERLINE OF RUNWAY 30.  PILOT ATTEMPTED TO PERFORM A GO-AROUND BUT DID NOT HAVE THE AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE TO DO SO.  AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN A SECOND TIME ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WHERE THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL DUG INTO A SNOW BERM AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST ON ITS TOP.

## 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 WPR12CA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA086), Jan 30, 2012: Cessna 180 (N3242D), Cascade, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for a wind gust during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion. Contributing to the accident was a windsock partially sheltered by trees that provided…

## Other reports on N3242D (1)

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

- [Accident 20190610006569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190610006569A), Jun 10, 2019: Cessna 180 (N3242D), Ontario, OR, Substantial damage. Flight departed mina, NV with the intention of landing in Ontario, Oregon. The pilot stated that he began a long descent from 8500' to the runway. The pilot…

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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