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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 180 · Forks, WA · November 11, 1980

Date
November 11, 1980 · 07:10 local
Place
Forks, WA
Airport
Forks
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4724U
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA81DYE05
Reported as
Cessna 180
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
394 total69 in this make and model27 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Failed to obtain flying speed on takeoff from ice-covered crass runway. Pilot failed to removed airframe frost.

As the FAA filed it

FAILED TO OBTAIN FLYING SPEED ON TAKEOFF FROM ICE-COVERED CRASS RUNWAY. PILOT FAILED TO REMOVED AIRFRAME FROST.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.