# Accident 19970730020189A: Cessna 180B, Spanish Fork, UT, July 30, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1997, 15:00 local time
- Place: Spanish Fork, UT
- Airport: Spanish Fork Springville Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0195° N, 111.5495° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0195&lon=-111.5495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N929AE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N929AE) (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: 577 total, 110 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA97LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA97LA179) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970730020189A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 30, 1997, AT 1500 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 180B, N929AE, CRASHED DURING TAKEOFF FROM SPANISH FORK, UTAH. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATAED UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED BUT THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDTIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE AIRPLANE HAD DEPARTED CORONA, CALIFORNIA EARLIER THAT DAY AND HAD STOPPED AT SPANISH FORK FOR REFUELING. THE INTENDED DESITINATION FOR THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT WAS SCOTTSBLUFF, NEBRASKA. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD A 17 KNOT CROSSWIND FROM THE LEFT DURING TAKEOFF. THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE TOO EARLY AND THEN DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE GROUND AND GROUND LOOPED.

## 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 SEA97LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA97LA179), Jul 30, 1997: Cessna 180B (N929AE), Spanish Fork, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind. A factor was the crosswind.

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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