# Incident 19800518052689I: Cessna A185F, Greeley, CO, May 18, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 1980, 11:15 local time
- Place: Greeley, CO
- Airport: Weld Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4233° N, 104.7091° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greeley, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4233&lon=-104.7091&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2303L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2303L-1989-02-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 765 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800518052689I

## Narrative

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

TAILWHEEL AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED ON TAKEOFF. PILOT HAD NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN TYPE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N2303L (1)

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

- [Incident 19811109081609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811109081609I), Nov 9, 1981: Cessna 185 (N2303L), Greeley, CO, Minor damage. Nosed up on landing roll after losing directional control of aircraft. No brake defects.

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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