# Accident 20130607012239A: Cessna 180, Beckwourth, CA, June 7, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 2013, 08:45 local time
- Place: Beckwourth, CA
- Airport: Beckwourth
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8178° N, 120.3517° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8178&lon=-120.3517&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1677C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1677C) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 900 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13CA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA278) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130607012239A

## Narrative

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

ON 6-12-2013 ASI VAVRA OBSERVED N1677C IN A HANGER AT O02 WITH THE STABILIZER REMOVED DUE TO DAMAGE TO THE LEFT LEADING EDGE. ASI VAVRA NOTIFIED THE RENO FSDO OF THE ACCIDENT.

ON 6-17-2013 THE ACCIDENT WAS ASSIGNED TO ASI VAVRA BY FLM KMC.

ON 6-18-2013 ASI VAVRA INTERVIEWED PERSONNEL FROM NERVINO AERO SERVICE AND WAS INFORMED THE ACCIDENT OCCURED ON 6-7-2013 AND THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT DECLINED TO PROVIDE THEM WITH INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDED THE LEFT LEADING EDGE OF THE STABILIZER HAD BEEN CRUSHED DUE TO IMPACT WITH AN OBJECT WHICH CAUSED THE STABILIZER ASSEMBLY TO SHIFT TO THE RIGHT AND DAMAGE THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE. THE FUSELAGE SHOWED DEFORMATION DUE TO THE IMPACT. THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE ELEVATOR SHOWED A DEFORMATION IN THE EDGE CAUSED BY THE LEADING EDGE BEING DEFLECTED REARWARD.

A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED WITH THE PILOT,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WHO STATED HE AND TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT WERE PRACTICING LANDING AND TAKE OFFS FROM THE UNIMPROVED AREA BETWEEN RUNWAY 05/26 AND THE TAXIWAY. DURING A 05 DEPARTURE ROLL AT APPROXIMATELY 55-60 KNOTS A TUNDRA TIRE KICKED UP A ROCK OR PIECE OF CONCRETE WHICH IMPACTED THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STABILIZER. THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED AND THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO NERVINO AERO SERVICE. THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL IRRIGULARITIES REPORTED.

## 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 WPR13CA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA278), Jun 7, 2013: Cessna 180 (N1677C), Nervino, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to takeoff from an area off the runway surface which resulted in a collision with an object.

## Other reports on N1677C (1)

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

- [Incident 20120508008459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120508008459I), May 8, 2012: Cessna 180 (N1677C), Truckee, CA, Substantial damage. During tail-up taxi practice, a wind gust caused the aircraft to nose over damaging the aircraft engine, propeller, firewall and right wing.

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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