# Accident 19801111063639A: Cessna 180, Forks, WA, November 11, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 1980, 07:10 local time
- Place: Forks, WA
- Airport: Forks
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.9377° N, 124.3959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORKS (S18), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9377&lon=-124.3959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4724U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 394 total, 69 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA81DYE05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81DYE05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801111063639A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 SEA81DYE05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81DYE05), Nov 11, 1980: Cessna 180 (N4724U), Forks, WA, substantial damage

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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