ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 142203
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| Date: | Monday 30 January 2012 |
| Time: | 10:29 |
| Type: |  Cessna 180 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N3242D |
| MSN: | 32040 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1955 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6871 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-470 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cascade Airport - U70, Cascade, ID -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Ontario, OR (ONO) |
| Cascade, ID (U70) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot and a witness, the landing approach was normal, and the airplane touched down in a three-point attitude close to the runway threshold and on the runway centerline. The airplane encountered a wind gust, became airborne again, drifted to the right, and touched down off the runway in an area covered with about 18 inches of snow. The pilot added power to recover, but the airplane’s main wheels sank into the snow, and the airplane nosed over onto its back, sustaining substantial damage to the horizontal and vertical stabilizers and to one wing. The pilot noted that no mechanical malfunction or failure contributed to the accident. The pilot stated that, if he had been aware of any wind gusts prior to landing, he would have conducted a wheel landing instead of a three-point landing. Witnesses familiar with the airport reported that trees partially sheltered the windsock from wind out of the south/southwest, which was the wind direction at the time of the accident, and, therefore, wind from this direction was not always accurately indicated by the windsock.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for a wind gust during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion. Contributing to the accident was a windsock partially sheltered by trees that provided inaccurate wind information.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: https://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident/preliminary_data/events01/media/02_3242D.txt
WEATHER: 301651Z AUTO 20006KT 10SM OVC037 M01/M03 A2991
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=3242D&x=14&y=15
https://nfdc.faa.gov/nfdcApps/airportLookup/airportDisplay.jsp?category=nasr&airportId=s49
https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20120130X41812&key=1
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000041416.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 June 2019 | N3242D | Private | 0 | Ontario, OR | |
sub |
| Fuel exhaustion | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Jan-2012 19:01 | Geno | Added |
| 04-Mar-2012 00:43 | Geno | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 27-Nov-2017 17:53 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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