20080720840419A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 180A · Lewistown, MT · July 20, 2008

Date: July 20, 2008 · 14:24 local
Place: Lewistown, MT
Airport: Lewistown Municipal
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N1710C
NTSB investigation: NTSBSEA08CA166
Reported as: Cessna 180A
Reported engine: Continental O470A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,521 total174 in this make and model14 in the last 90 days

N1710CRegistered now · Cessna 180S/N 30410 · Built 1953 Airframe modelCessna 180 Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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.

(-23) On July 20, 2008 at 14:24 MDT a Cessna 180A, N1710C, registered to privacy data omitted ground looped on takeoff at Lewistown airport, Lewistown, Montana, while on a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft was substantially damaged and the private pilot was uninjured and passenger suffered a minor injury. The flight originated at Lewistown Montana, on July 20, 2008.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JULY 20, 2008 AT 14:24 MDT A CESSNA 180A, N1710C, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ GROUND LOOPED ON TAKEOFF AT LEWISTOWN AIRPORT, LEWISTOWN, MONTANA, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS UNINJURED AND PASSENGER SUFFERED A MINOR INJURY. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LEWISTOWN MONTANA, ON JULY 20, 2008.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB SEA08CA166Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportLewistown, MTThe pilot's inadequate compensation for the variable and gusting winds, and his failure to maintain directional control. Contributing to the accident were variable winds that were gusting to 25 knots.Jul 20, 2008 · Substantial damage