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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 180H · Shelton, WA · August 30, 1987

Date
August 30, 1987 · 15:30 local
Place
Shelton, WA
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4789U
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA87LA179
Reported as
Cessna 180H
Reported engine
Continental O470R
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
304 total36 in this make and model32 in the last 90 days

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.

Made nose high premature takeoff. Stalled into trees trying to return to lake departure area.

As the FAA filed it

MADE NOSE HIGH PREMATURE TAKEOFF. STALLED INTO TREES TRYING TO RETURN TO LAKE DEPARTURE AREA.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.