# Accident 20200825013749A: Cessna 180C, Givens Hot Spri, ID, August 25, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2020, 07:15 local time
- Place: Givens Hot Spri, ID
- Airport: Sunrise Skypark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4164° N, 116.7067° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4164&lon=-116.7067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N334SC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N334SC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180C (registry code 2072608, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,656 total, 1,475 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR20CA297](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA297) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200825013749A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT PERFORMED A NORMAL RUN-UP AT THE END OF RUNWAY 30. HE LOWERED THE FLAPS TO 20 DEGREES AND BEGAN THE TAKE-OFF RUN. HE PUSHED FORWARD ON THE YOKE AND RAISED THE TAILWHEEL. JUST AS THE TAILWHEEL LIFTED OFF THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT COULD NOT CORRECT THE LOSS IN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL BECAUSE THE TAILWHEEL WAS OFF THE GROUND AND THE RUDDER WAS NOT EFFECTIVE DUE TO THE LOW SPEED OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND GROUND-LOOPED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING, HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND ELEVATOR. THE PILOT TAXIED BACK TO HIS HANGAR AND SECURED THE AIRCRAFT INSIDE THE HANGAR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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- [NTSB WPR20CA297](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA297), Aug 25, 2020: Cessna 180 (N334SC), Givens Hot Springs, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: Pilot's failure to maintain directional control on takeoff.

## Other reports on N334SC (1)

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

- [Incident 20180918019129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180918019129I), Sep 18, 2018: Cessna 180C (N334SC), Twin Falls, ID, No damage. A private pilot, PIC of the Cessna 180C N334SC, landed from a non-filed VFR flight to the Twin Falls airport for a personal fly-in breakfast on 09/18/2018 at…

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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