# NTSB SEA06CA174: Cessna 180, N9026C, Arock, OR, September 3, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: September 2, 2006, 20:20 local (Sep 3, 2006, 02:20 UTC)
- Place: Arock, OR
- Coordinates: 43.191387, -117.646385
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1914&lon=-117.6464&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 28, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 64454
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA06CA174
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64454/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA174

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during a go-around, resulting in an in-flight collision with trees and substantial damage to the airplane.  Factors included the pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point, the delayed go-around, and the tailwind condition.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - object - tree(s)

## Analysis

After landing long and electing to go around the pilot added power, followed by the airplane veering to the right toward a stand of trees.  The pilot's attempt to correct back to the left was unsuccessful, which resulted in the airplane impacting trees causing substantial damage to the aircraft.  The pilot stated that he had landed with a tailwind.

## Factual narrative

After landing long and electing to go around the pilot added power, followed by the airplane veering to the right toward a stand of trees.  The pilot's attempt to correct back to the left was unsuccessful, which resulted in the airplane impacting trees causing substantial damage to the aircraft.  The pilot revealed that he had landed with a tailwind.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9026C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9026C-2009-07-01), registration cancelled 2009-07-01, S/N 31074, built 1954 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 31074
- Engines: Continental O-470 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Idaho Pilots Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: Greenleaf, ID
- Destination: Arock, OR
- Airport: NONE, Owyhee River Airstrip, runway 36

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3; flight hours: 822 total, 780 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days, 13 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## 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 20060902017639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060902017639A), Sep 2, 2006: Cessna 180, Arock, OR, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot landed long on a 950 foot field adjacent to river and attempted to take off. He stated that the aircraft drifted to the right. Aircraft landing…

## Other investigations on N9026C (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 LAX66F0087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX66F0087-201548), May 16, 1965: Cessna 180 (N9026C), Van Nuys, CA, 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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