ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 249473
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| Date: | Friday 2 April 2021 |
| Time: | 12:35 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 180K Skywagon |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N4802 |
| MSN: | 18053017 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 15000 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-520 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Platte Valley Airpark (18V) in Hudson, NE of Denver, CO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Fort Collins/Loveland-Northern Colorado Regional Airport, CO (FNL/KFNL) |
| Denver, CO | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that he saw, what appeared to be his intended landing runway and set up for landing. During the landing touchdown, the pilot noticed that the airplane was difficult to control due to the soft soil. As the airplane continued the rollout, it drifted about 20 ft off the pilot's intended direction into softer soil. Just before the airplane came to a stop, the right tire sunk into the soft ground and the airplane nosed over coming to rest inverted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right-wing strut and vertical stabilizer. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operations. After the accident, the pilot reported that he had not landed on his intended runway but on an unimproved dirt road about 0.3 miles from the runway that ran parallel to the runway. The pilot reported that he had spent too much time looking for traffic in the landing pattern and lost situational awareness of his position relative to the runway.
Probable Cause: The pilot's loss of situational awareness, and his unintended landing on a soft unimproved dirt road, which resulted in a loss of directional control into soft ground and the airplane to subsequently nose over.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN21LA182
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N4802
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Apr-2021 19:33 | Geno | Added |
| 06-Jul-2022 06:56 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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