# Accident 20120929021749A: Cessna 180, Huntington, UT, September 29, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2012, 13:30 local time
- Place: Huntington, UT
- Airport: Huntington Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3611° N, 110.9169° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3611&lon=-110.9169&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3115D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3115D) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,354 total, 748 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12CA440](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA440) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120929021749A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT AFTER ROTATION HE INCOUNTERED A MICRO BURST CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO BANK 90 DEG LEFT CAUSING THE RIGHT GEAR TO COLASPE AND THE RIGHT OUTBOARD WING TO CONTACT THE GROUND BREAKING THE OUTBOARD 20 % OF THE WING TO BEND UP AND THE WING STRUT TO BEND.THE PILOT ALSO STATED THAT THE WIND WAS CALM ON TAKEOFF AND THE SUDENLY WAS A 90 % CROSS WIND.THE THREE BLADED PROPELLERS STRUCK THE GROUND BENDING ALL THREE BLADES.

## 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 WPR12CA440](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA440), Sep 29, 2012: Cessna 180 (N3115D), Huntington, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent encounter with a gust front during the takeoff roll, which resulted in loss of control of the airplane.

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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