# Accident 19810515026139A: Cessna 170B, Shivwits Platea, UT, May 15, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1981, 13:00 local time
- Place: Shivwits Platea, UT
- Airport: Shivwits Fire Cam
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N8334A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8334A-2015-05-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,038 total, 280 in this make and model, 101 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81DUJ65](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DUJ65) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810515026139A

## Narrative

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

PILOT CLAIMS WINDSHIFT ON TAKEOFF ROLL. ABORTED, GROUND-LOOPED TO AVOID END  OF RUNWAY.

## 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 LAX81DUJ65](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DUJ65), May 15, 1981: Cessna 170B (N8334A), Shivwits, AZ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8334A (2)

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

- [Incident 19830305023159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830305023159I), Mar 5, 1983: Cessna 170B (N8334A), North Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. At the beginng of the rollout airplane dropped on right side. Right gear had broken loose at the gear box.
- [Accident 19770328005879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770328005879A), Mar 28, 1977: Cessna 170B (N8334A), Steamboat Cyn, AZ, Substantial damage. Plt hit right of way fence during takeoff from a farm road. 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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