20240118000539A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 180 · Featherville, ID · January 18, 2024

Date
January 18, 2024 · 16:00 local
Place
Featherville, ID
Airport
South Fork Ranch Airport
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2975A
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR24LA079
Reported as
Cessna 180
Reported engine
Continental O-470 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,190 total168 in this make and model11 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.

Lost controll on take off. Take off was aborted and aircraft was taxing back to runway. Aircraft right main landing gear sank into a snow-covered culvert hole for water drainage. Aircraft recieved substantial damage to engine gearbox, propeller and horizontail stabilizer.

As the FAA filed it

LOST CONTROLL ON TAKE OFF. TAKE OFF WAS ABORTED AND AIRCRAFT WAS TAXING BACK TO RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR SANK INTO A SNOW-COVERED CULVERT HOLE FOR WATER DRAINAGE. AIRCRAFT RECIEVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO ENGINE GEARBOX, PROPELLER AND HORIZONTAIL STABILIZER.

NTSB investigation

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