# Accident 20070825020879A: Cessna 180, Farewell, AK, August 25, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2007, 11:00 local time
- Place: Farewell, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.5050° N, 152.8433° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.5050&lon=-152.8433&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1560C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1560C-2012-08-08) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 650 in this make and model, 78 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC07CA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07CA084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070825020879A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE OVERCORRECTED TO A CROSSWIND DURING TAKEOFF IN GUSTY CONDITIONS ON A RIVER BANK. JUST AFTER LIFTOFF THE WIND BLEW HIS AIRCRAFT BACK DOWN AND TO THE LEFT CAUSING HIM TO HIT SOME BRUSH AND LOSING CONTROL. AFTER EXITING THE AIRCRAFT, THE AIRCRAFT CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED IN THE POST CRASH FIRE. NEITHER THE PILOT OR HIS PASSENGER WERE INJURED. NOTE: THERE IS A DISREPANCY IN THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND THE TIME THAT THE FAA AND FSDO WERE NOTIFIED. THESE TIMES WILL BE UPDATED AS INFORMATION IS SUBSTANTIATED.

## 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 ANC07CA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07CA084), Aug 25, 2007: Cessna 180 (N1560C), Skwentna, AK, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions during takeoff initial climb, which resulted in the airplane descending uncontrolled into high vegetation. Factors contributing to the accident…

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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