# Accident 19790825020539A: Cessna 180, Elsinore, CA, August 25, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1979, 13:15 local time
- Place: Elsinore, CA
- Airport: Skylark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6330° N, 117.3016° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKYLARK (CA89), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6330&lon=-117.3016&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4916A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4916A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 796 total, 5 in this make and model, 285 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79FUG53](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FUG53) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790825020539A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

UNABLE KEEP DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON TAKEOFF ROLL.ABORTED. ACFT VEERED OFF RWY.COLLAPSED GEAR.FACTOR OVER GROSS WT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX79FUG53](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FUG53), Aug 25, 1979: Cessna 180 (N4916A), Lake Elsinore, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4916A (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19790630018059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790630018059I), Jun 30, 1979: Cessna 180 (N4916A), Lake Elsinore, CA, Minor damage. Aircraft taxied into parked aircraft
- [Incident 19780409009579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780409009579I), Apr 9, 1978: Cessna 180 (N4916A), Elsinore, CA, 1 fatal. Parachute failed to open. Skydiver fatally injured.
- [Accident 19750907031579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750907031579A), Sep 7, 1975: Cessna 180 (N4916A), Lake Elsinore, CA, Substantial damage. Arm separated frm carb throttle shaft. Plt advsd to use rwy 5,lnd on 23.gusting to 30K.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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