# NTSB MKC72DER39: Cessna 180H, N3437Y, Baudette, MN, January 31, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 31, 1972
- Place: Baudette, MN · BAUDETTE, MN
- Location: 48.7123° N, 94.5918° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baudette, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.7123&lon=-94.5918&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 30, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165060
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC72DER39
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC72DER39

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0539  72/1/31    BAUDETTE,MINN       CESSNA 180H         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 46, 600
        TIME - 1030                    N3437Y              PX-  0  0  2  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 275 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BAUDETTE INTL
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MORSON,CAN                  BAUDETTE,MINN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 TAXI: FROM LANDING
           COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK                                  TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY
        REMARKS- LND LONG. SLID INTO SNOWBANK WHILE TURNING ONTO TAXIWAY AT END OF RWY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3437Y](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3437Y), registered now, S/N 18051937 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180H
- Registry model: [Cessna 180H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180h) (registry code 2072618) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Baudette Intl

## Other investigations on N3437Y (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 MKC68D0582](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC68D0582), May 6, 1968: Cessna 180 (N3437Y), Rochester, MN, substantial damage

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.

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