N1628CCessna 180 · 1953

The pilot in the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that, at dusk, he made a wheel landing on a mountain area asphalt runway. He recalled that shortly after a normal touchdown, during the landing roll, the tail lifted, and the nose of the airplane veered to the right. He applied rudder to correct the airplane's heading back to the runway centerline, but the pilot overcorrected, and the airplane exited the left side of the runway. He aborted the landing, and the airplane began to climb, but the left wing struck a "large bush" and the airplane impacted terrain.

The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings, the empennage, and the elevator.

The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.