# Accident 20080720840419A: Cessna 180A, Lewistown, MT, July 20, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2008, 14:24 local time
- Place: Lewistown, MT
- Airport: Lewistown Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.0422° N, 109.4667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.0422&lon=-109.4667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1710C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1710C) (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 180A
- Reported engine: CONT O470A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,521 total, 174 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08CA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA166) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080720840419A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 SEA08CA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA166), Jul 20, 2008: Cessna 180 (N1710C), Lewistown, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The 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.

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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