Cessna 180 N4646A

Summary

On 26 September 2008 at about 14:15 local time, a Cessna 180 registered N4646A, operated by Scott Coatsworth, was involved in an accident near Bluff, Utah, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

26 September 2008 at 14:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Bluff, Utah, United States

Nearest airport

Dirt Airstrip (None)

Coordinates

37.2422, -110.4261

Aircraft

Cessna 180

Registration

N4646A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Scott Coatsworth

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bluff → Bluff

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA08CA211

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's encounter with the rough, uneven, and eroded condition of the airstrip.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that he landed on the unimproved dirt airstrip and came to a full stop. He began taxiing and started to turn around when he encountered a washed out area. The pilot stated that after proceeding about another 30 feet the left main landing gear collapsed through an eroded section of the dirt airstrip, which was not visible to him. The pilot reported that the landing gear fell about 2 feet followed by the airplane going up on its nose and the propeller striking the ground; the airplane subsequently fell back on its tailwheel. The pilot reported substantial damage to the airplane as a result of the left main landing gear strut being bent and damage to the left gear attachment structure.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.