# Accident 19830527025339A: Cessna 180B, Decker, MT, May 27, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 1983, 20:00 local time
- Place: Decker, MT
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1200° N, 106.6405° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1200&lon=-106.6405&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5259E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5259E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180B (registry code 2072606, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180B
- Reported engine: CONT O470K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 238 total, 18 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN83LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA128) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830527025339A

## Narrative

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

GROUND LOOPED ON TAKEOFF ROLL. OUT OF RIG LANDING GEAR OVERSTRESSED THE TIRES.

## 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 DEN83LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA128), May 28, 1983: Cessna 180B (N5259E), Decker, MT, 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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