# NTSB SEA85LA200: Cessna 180A, N9607B, Buxton, OR, August 18, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 17, 1985, 17:50 local (Aug 18, 1985, 00:50 UTC)
- Place: Buxton, OR
- Coordinates: 45.729759, -123.190551 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7298&lon=-123.1906&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40228
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA85LA200
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40228/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA200

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PILOT MISJUDGED HIS TOUCHDOWN POINT ON THE 1,000 FOOT AIRSTRIP AND HAD AN EXCESS OF AIRSPEED. AND OVERRUN OCCURRED AND THE AIRCRAFT WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT. AT THE TIME OF TOUCHDOWN, THERE WAS ONLY ABOUT 4 KTS OF HEADWIND AVAILABLE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9607B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9607B-2021-04-05), registration cancelled 2021-04-05, S/N 32904 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180A
- Registry model: [Cessna 180A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180a) (registry code 2072604) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 32904
- Airframe hours: 2886
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-K 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Darrell Hayden
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: HIO, HILLSBORO, OR
- Destination: CORNELIUS, OR
- Airport: Hayden Mountain

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 808 total, 610 in this make and model, 730 as pilot in command, 34 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19850817039659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850817039659A), Aug 17, 1985: Cessna 180A, Cornelius, OR, Substantial damage. Landed long and fast on short gravel runway. Overran end and rolled down a 30 foot embankment.

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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