# NTSB CHI07CA001: Cessna 180K, N64257, Barton City, MI, October 1, 2006 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: October 1, 2006, 10:40 local (14:40 UTC) - Place: Barton City, MI - Coordinates: 44.792499, -83.833335 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7925&lon=-83.8333&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report January 31, 2007 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA-Grand Rapids FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 64798 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI07CA001 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64798/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA001 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to attain a proper touchdown point and his inadvertent selection of a downwind runway, which resulted in the overrun. A contributing factor was the tailwind encountered during landing. Additional factors were the wet, turf runway, and the rock pile located off the end of the runway. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Overrun, landing - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause) - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause) - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor) - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor) - terrain condition - grass (contributing factor) - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - terrain condition - rock(s)/boulder(s) (contributing factor) ## Analysis The airplane was substantially damaged when it overran the end of the runway on landing. The pilot reported that the intended destination was a private airstrip with an east-west oriented runway about 1,200 feet long, and a north-south oriented runway about 2,000 feet long. The pilot stated that when he overflew the windsock before landing, it appeared that winds were about 10 knots directly out of the north. He set up for a landing to the east; however, he "landed long" and subsequently "ran out of runway." The airplane encountered a rock pile located off the end of the runway. The pilot reported that upon exiting the airplane after the accident, he noticed that the wind was variable and appeared to have shifted. He commented that the wind might have gotten behind him on landing. Winds recorded at the Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport (OSC), located about 16 nautical miles southeast of the accident site, at 1058, were from 280 degrees at 11 knots, gusting to 16 knots. ## Factual narrative The airplane was substantially damaged when it overran the end of the runway on landing. The pilot was not injured. The pilot reported that the intended destination was a private airstrip with an east-west oriented runway about 1,200 feet long, and a north-south oriented runway about 2,000 feet long. The pilot stated that when he over flew the windsock before landing, it appeared that winds were about 10 knots directly out of the north. He set up for a landing to the east; however, he "landed long" and subsequently "ran out of runway." The airplane encountered a rock pile off the end of the runway. The pilot reported that upon exiting the airplane after the accident, he noticed that the wind was variable and appeared to have shifted from the north. He commented that the wind might have gotten behind him on landing. Winds recorded by the Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport (OSC) Automated Weather Observing System, at 1058, were from 280 degrees at 11 knots, gusting to 16 knots. OSC was located approximately 16 nautical miles southeast of the accident site. The pilot stated that there were no malfunctions associated with the airplane prior to the accident. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N64257](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N64257), registered now, S/N 18052887, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 180K - Registry model: [Cessna 180K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180k) (registry code 2072624) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 180-52887 - Airframe hours: 1136.2 - Engines: Continental O-470-U 230 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility - Last inspection: Annual, November 1, 2005 - Departed: PTK, Pontiac, MI - Destination: PVT, Barton City, MI - Airport: PVT, Private, runway 9, 1,200 × 125 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 72; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review May 1, 1998; seat: left; flight hours: 1,700 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 1,600 as pilot in command, 13 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 280° at 11 knots, gusting 16 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 45 °F - Altimeter: 29.98 inHg - Observed at: OSC, 16 nm away ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20061001026929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061001026929A), Oct 1, 2006: Cessna 180K, Barton City, MI, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot failed to stop aircraft after landing on Private 1200 ft. wet grass runway. Aircraft ran off end of runway and collided with trees and rocks… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.