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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 180 · Truckee, CA · May 4, 1991

Date
May 4, 1991 · 14:15 local
Place
Truckee, CA
Airport
Truckee-Tahoe Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9147C
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX91LA192
Reported as
Cessna 180
Reported engine
Continental O470A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
160 total15 in this make and model

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.

Reported dust devil caused loss of control on takeoff. Veered off runway and nosed over.

As the FAA filed it

REPORTED DUST DEVIL CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL ON TAKEOFF. VEERED OFF RUNWAY AND NOSED OVER.

NTSB investigation

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