# Accident 20041027029529A: Cessna 180, Freedom, PA, October 27, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 2004, 17:32 local time
- Place: Freedom, PA
- Airport: Kindelberger Landing Strip
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6917° N, 80.1778° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6917&lon=-80.1778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2922C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2922C-2015-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 8,881 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD05LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041027029529A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT 1732 LOCAL, N2922C, A CE-180, CRASHED ON TAKE-OFF FROM KINDELBERGER AIR PARK. ONE (1) OCCUPANT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES, TWO SERIOUS INJURIES, AND ONE (1) MINOR INJURY. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE PILOT DID NOT SEE THE TREES THAT HE CRASHED INTO BEFORE THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. PILOT DID NOT HAVE A CURRENT BFR NOR A CURRENT MEDICAL CERTIFICATE. PILOT HAS VOLUNTARILY SURRENDERED HIS PILOT CERTIFICATE FOR UNEQUIVOCAL ABANDONMENT. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION.

## 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 IAD05LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA008), Oct 27, 2004: Cessna 180 (N2922C), Freedom, PA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain obstacle clearance during the takeoff resulting in an in-flight collision with trees.

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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