# Accident 20000827006849A: Cessna 180, Cameron Park, CA, August 27, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2000, 09:22 local time
- Place: Cameron Park, CA
- Airport: Cameron Airpark Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6103° N, 120.9694° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6103&lon=-120.9694&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2443C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,855 total, 810 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX00LA313](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA313) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000827006849A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING TAKE OFF ROLL THE PILOT'S SEAT MOVED AFT. PILOT PULLED THE THROTTLE OFF, BUT LOSS DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THIS WAS DUE TO THE SEAT MOVING TO FAR AFT, HE COULD NOT REACH THE YOKE AND RUDDER PEDALS.  AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION PREVAILED AND PILOT WAS NOT INJURIED.                                           (.4) ON AUGUST 27, 2000, AT 0922 HOURS PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 180, N2443C, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT GROUND LOOPED DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL FROM THE AIRPORT AT CAMERON PARK, CALIFORNIA. THE PRIVATE PILOT/OWNER WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES, AND HIS PASSENGER WAS UNINJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT STATED HE PUSHED THE SEAT HANDLE DOWN AFTER MOVING HIS SEAT TO THE DESIRED POSITION; HOWEVER, HIS SEAT SLID BACKWARDS WHEN TAKEOFF POWER WAS APPLIED. HIS AIRPLANE WAS EQUIPPED WITH A SECONDARY FRICTION LOCK, BUT THE SEAT ONLY STOPPED MOMENTARILY. AS THE SEAT SLID FURTHER AFT, HE REDUCED POWER. THE AIRPLANE STARTED TO DRIFT LEFT, BUT HE COULD NOT REACH TH E RUDDER PEDALS. THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND COMPLETED ABOUT 270 DEGREES OF TURN. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE GEARBOX.

## 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 LAX00LA313](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA313), Aug 27, 2000: Cessna 180 (N2443C), Cameron Park, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: failure of the pilot to verify the seat latch was secure, resulting in the pilot's inability to reach the flight controls necessary to maintain directional control.

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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