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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 180 · Boulder, UT · March 13, 2016

Date
March 13, 2016 · 08:00 local
Place
Boulder, UT
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4696B
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR16LA083
Reported as
Cessna 180
Reported engine
Continental O-470 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
6,492 total5,500 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

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.

Aircraft was departing from a dirt strip and impacted trees at the end of the strip causing substantial damage.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS DEPARTING FROM A DIRT STRIP AND IMPACTED TREES AT THE END OF THE STRIP CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

NTSB investigation

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