# Accident 20160806013999A: Cessna 180E, Cardington, OH, August 6, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2016, 16:20 local time
- Place: Cardington, OH
- Airport: My Place Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4958° N, 82.9022° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4958&lon=-82.9022&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2601Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2601Y-2018-06-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180E (registry code 2072612, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470R (registry code 17071, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O 470R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 500 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16LA311](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA311) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160806013999A

## Narrative

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

PIC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS FLYING A LOCAL FLIGHT AT HIS PERSONAL GRASS AIRPORT NEAR CARDINGTON OHIO.  HE DECIDED TO CHANGE LANDING DIRECTION FROM NORTH TO SOUTH DUE TO CHILDREN FLYING KITES OFF TO SIDE OF RUNWAY NEAR THE SOUTH END OF THE GRASS STRIP.  PILOT LANDED AND AS HE ROLLED NEAR THE AREA OF THE CHILDREN HE VEERED RIGHT AND GOT HIS RH MAIN WHEEL INTO SOME TALLER GRASS.  AT THIS POINT HE ATTEMPTED A GO AROUND.  UPON APPLICATION OF POWER THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT IMMEDIATELY RESPOND WITH INCREASED ENGINE POWER AND ROLLED OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT HIT A BARN AND PASSED THROUGH IT TO THE OTHER SIDE.  THE AIRCRAFT CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS HEAVILY BURNED/DESTROYED.  THE LONE OCCUPANT EGRESSED WITH MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 CEN16LA311](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA311), Aug 6, 2016: Cessna 180 (N2601Y), Cardington, OH, destroyed. Probable cause: The partial loss of engine power due to carburetor icing during an attempted go-around.

## Other reports on N2601Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19910328007829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910328007829A), Mar 28, 1991: Cessna 180E (N2601Y), Friday Harbor, WA, Substantial damage. Tried to fly through channel at low altitude with severe low level wind and turbulence. Pushed into trees on shore.

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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