# Accident 20170722009999A: Cessna 180, Austin, TX, July 22, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2017, 17:35 local time
- Place: Austin, TX
- Airport: Lake Travis,Tx
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: EPUJ
- Location: 30.4206° N, 97.9103° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4206&lon=-97.9103&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3119D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3119D-2020-08-02) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 530 total, 100 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17LA283](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA283) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170722009999A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 22, 2017, AT 17:35 CDT, A FLOAT-EQUIPPED CESSNA 180 BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N3119D, REGISTERED TO M1 AVIATION LLC, REPORTED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM LAKE TRAVIS, TX. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD TO TURN TO AVOID HITTING A PONTOON BOAT IN THE LANDING PATH CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO CONTACT THE LAKE AT AN ANGLE, LEFT WING LOW. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO THE LAKE AND BECAME PARTIALLY SUBMERGED AND SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME INVERTED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PART 91.147 AIR TOUR SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT. VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE UNINJURED ALTHOUGH  THE TWO PASSENGERS WERE TRANSPORTED AS A PRECAUTION TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR POSSIBLE WATER INHALATION. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM LAKE TRAVIS, TX.

## 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 CEN17LA283](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA283), Jul 22, 2017: Cessna 180 (N3119D), Austin, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper decision to attempt to take off after two previous failed attempts from choppy water with a high outside temperature and the airplane near its maximum gross weight, which…

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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