# Accident 19850808037119A: Cessna 180B, Mule Creek Junc, WY, August 8, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1985, 08:00 local time
- Place: Mule Creek Junc, WY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N5163E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5163E-1988-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180B (registry code 2072606, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180B
- Reported engine: CONT O470K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,160 total, 2,110 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN85LTE06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LTE06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850808037119A

## Narrative

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

WINGTIP STRUCK GROUND WHILE MAKING LOW TIGHT TURN DURING CATTLE HERDING OPERATION. ENCOUNTERED HIS OWN VORTICES.

## 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 DEN85LTE06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LTE06), Aug 8, 1985: Cessna 180 (N5163E), Mule Creek Jct, WY, destroyed

## Other reports on N5163E (1)

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

- [Accident 19750719020129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750719020129A), Jul 19, 1975: Cessna 180B (N5163E), Sun Ranch, WY, Substantial damage. Density alt 9000FT.

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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