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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 180 · Ft Collins, CO · May 20, 1984

Date: May 20, 1984 · 19:10 local
Place: Ft Collins, CO
Airport: Loveland
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3127E
Reported as: Cessna 180
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 591 total440 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

N3127ERegistered now · Cessna 180S/N 30087 · Built 1953 Airframe modelCessna 180 Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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.

Control wheel broke into pieces as pilot applied back pressure on the takeoff roll. Aircraft nosed up.

As the FAA filed it

CONTROL WHEEL BROKE INTO PIECES AS PILOT APPLIED BACK PRESSURE ON THE TAKEOFF ROLL. AIRCRAFT NOSED UP.