# Accident 20110310003169A: Cessna 180, Mesa, AZ, March 10, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2011, 16:00 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1600° N, 111.7269° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1600&lon=-111.7269&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9330C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9330C) (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 MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,101 total, 639 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11CA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA162) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110310003169A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 10, 2011 AT APPROXIMATELY 1400MST, N9330C, A CESSNA 180, PILOTED BY RONALD APFELBAUM, PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INCURRED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL AT RED CREEK AIRSTRIP. RED CREEK AIRSTRIP IS AN UNIMPROVED DIRT STRIP REMOTELY LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES NE OF MESA, ARIZONA.DURING THE TAKE OFF ROLL, THE AIRCRAFT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND STRUCK VEGETATION ON THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO TURN SHARPLY, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE WING, TAIL, AND LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST ON THE AT THE MIDFIELD POINT NORTHWEST OF RUNWAY 6/24.THERE WERE TWO OCCUPANTS OF THE AIRCRAFT, NO INJURIES SUSTAINED. THE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED AS VFR. WINDS WERE LIGHT AND OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST ACCORDING TO THE PILOT.

## 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 WPR11CA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA162), Mar 10, 2011: Cessna 180 (N9330C), Pine, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with terrain.

## Other reports on N9330C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19990724009719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990724009719A), Jul 24, 1999: Cessna 180 (N9330C), Frankfort, MI, Substantial damage. Acft landed hard, bounced, and ran off the rwy. (.19) on July 25, 1999, at 1620 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 180, N9330C, owned and piloted by a commercial…

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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