# Accident 20240613006679A: Cessna A185E, Nampa, ID, June 13, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 2024, 15:10 local time
- Place: Nampa, ID
- Airport: Nampa Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5813° N, 116.5231° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5813&lon=-116.5231&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2768J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2768J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185E (registry code 2072818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,634 total, 232 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR24LA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA199) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240613006679A

## Narrative

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

DURING TAKEOFF ROLL, PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT RESULTING IN A GROUND LOOP CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING. PIC STATED THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL ISSUES AND THAT HE THOUGHT THAT THE WIND CONTRIBUTED.

## 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 WPR24LA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA199), Jun 13, 2024: Cessna A185E (N2768J), Nampa, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: Loss of directional control during the takeoff roll.

## Other reports on N2768J (1)

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

- [Accident 19841003054479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841003054479A), Oct 3, 1984: Cessna A185E (N2768J), Morgan City, LA, Substantial damage. Landed on Pipeline Canal, float struck submerged object and dug into water. Airplane nosed over onto its back.

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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