# Accident 20170709007529A: Cessna 180, Baker City, OR, July 9, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2017, 06:30 local time
- Place: Baker City, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8356° N, 117.7983° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8356&lon=-117.7983&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4683B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4683B-2018-05-03) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,685 total, 150 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR17LA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA147) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170709007529A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRMAN STATED HE HAD FILLED EACH FUEL TANK AT MCCALL IDAHO AND FLEW TO JOHNSON CREEK, IDAHO. THE NEXT MORNING, FLEW THROUGHOUT THE IDAHO BACKCOUNTRY LANDING AT THE DIFFERENT AIRPORTS. THEN THE NEXT MORNING HE DEPARTED JOHNSON CREEK BACK TO RED BLUFF, VIA BAKER CITY, OREGON WITHOUT REFUELING.

LESS THEN 1/4 MILE FROM THE BAKER CITY, OREGON AIRPORT, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE.

THE AIRMAN INFORMED THE ON SCENE FAA INSPECTOR HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO STRETCH THE GLIDE TO THE AIRPORT, BUT WAS TOO SHORT AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN THE FIELD 400 YARDS EAST OF THE AIRPORT OFF THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 26. UPON TOUCH DOWN HE ENCOUNTERED A DITCH/ROUGH GROUND, WHICH CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

THE AIRMAN CONFIRMED THE CAUSE OF THE COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER WAS DUE TO FUEL DEPLETION.

FUEL TANKS WERE DRAINED. THE LEFT TANK HAD LESS THAN 1 GALLON OF FUEL. THE RIGHT TANKS HAD LESS THAN 5 GALLONS REMAINING. THE FUEL SECTOR WAS ON BOTH AT THE TIME OF THE POWER FAILURE.

## 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 WPR17LA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA147), Jul 9, 2017: Cessna 180 (N4683B), Baker City, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, which resulted from the pilot's inadequate preflight fuel planning.

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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