Accident Cessna 180 N2707X, Wednesday 23 July 1997

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Date:	Wednesday 23 July 1997
Time:	22:00 LT
Type:	Cessna 180
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N2707X
MSN:	180-51507
Engine model:	Continental O-470-R
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Umiat, AK - United States of America
Phase:	Taxi
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	, AK (KUMT)
Destination airport:	(KUMT)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The pilot reported an uneventful landing had been completed on a 3,000 foot long gravel bar. While taxiing to a parking area, the right main landing gear collapsed, allowing the right wing to strike the ground.

Probable Cause: The collapse of the right main landing gear while taxiing to parking.

Accident investigation: