# Accident 20220330004469A: Cessna 180, Lampasas, TX, March 30, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 2022, 12:15 local time
- Place: Lampasas, TX
- Airport: Lampasas Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.1037° N, 98.1963° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1037&lon=-98.1963&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4738B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4738B) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,124 total, 1,328 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22LA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA160) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220330004469A

## Narrative

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

ON 03/30/2022, PIC OF AIRCRAFT N4738B A CESSNA 180 ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM LAMPASAS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT UTILIZING TAXIWAY 90° TO RUNWAY DUE TO HEAVY CROSSWINDS. AIRCRAFT LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED INTO TREES ALONG SIDE OF RUNWAY. PILOT EXITED AIRCRAFT UNINJURED. NO POST-CRASH FIRE.

## 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 CEN22LA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA160), Mar 30, 2022: Cessna 180 (N4738B), Lampasas, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to perform a takeoff from a perpendicular taxiway rather than the airport runway, which led to the airplane striking trees at the end of the departure path.

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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