# NTSB SEA07CA164: Cessna 180H, N2467F, Nampa, ID, June 17, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: June 17, 2007, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Nampa, ID
- Coordinates: 43.58139, -116.523056
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5814&lon=-116.5231&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report October 31, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 65993
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA07CA164
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/65993/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA164

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to stop for additional fuel, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, emergency descent/landing
- In flight collision with terrain/water, emergency descent/landing
  - terrain condition - ditch

## Analysis

The pilot said he was five nautical miles from his destination when his engine lost power due to fuel exhaustion.  He started a forced landing to a paved highway, but a car got in his way.  He moved over to let the car pass, and attempted to realign back to the road.  He landed short of the road and nosed the aircraft over onto its back.  The vertical stabilizer, both wings and the fuselage were bent and/or wrinkled.  The pilot said that he had flown over an airport, approximately 30 to 40 minutes before the accident, and he could have stopped for fuel there.

## Factual narrative

The pilot said he was five nautical miles from his destination when his engine lost power due to fuel exhaustion.  He started a forced landing to a paved highway, but a car got in his way.  He moved over to let the car pass, and attempted to realign back to the road.  He landed short of the road and nosed the aircraft over onto its back.  The vertical stabilizer, both wings and the fuselage were bent and/or wrinkled.

The pilot said that he had flown over an airport, approximately 30 to 40 minutes before the accident, and he could have stopped for fuel there.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2467F](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2467F), registered now, S/N 18051669, built 1966 (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
- Serial number: 18051669
- Engines: Continental O-470-L 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Richard L. Jennings
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: 09S, Sullivan Lake, WA
- Destination: S67, Nampa, ID

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 69; injuries: minor; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 1,942 total, 1,160 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days, 13 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter: 30.12 inHg
- Observed at: S67

## Other investigations on N2467F (2)

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 SEA87LA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87LA182), Sep 5, 1987: Cessna 180H (N2467F), Salmon, ID, substantial damage
- [NTSB CHI76FEI17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEI17), Dec 28, 1975: Cessna 180H (N2467F), Fremont, OH, 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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