# Accident 20250731011529A: Cessna 180J, Elk City, ID, July 31, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 2025, 18:45 local time
- Place: Elk City, ID
- Airport: Elk City Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.2980° N, 116.0610° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2980&lon=-116.0610&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52175, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52175) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180J (registry code 2072622, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180J
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,798 total, 261 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA235) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250731011529A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS DEPARTING SOUTH ON RUNWAY 17. PILOT STATED AIRCRAFT REQUIRED LEFT AILERON INPUT TO KEEP ON RUNWAY. PILOT STATED AIRCRAFT WAS HIT WITH A WIND GUST FROM THE LEFT FORCING THE RIGHT WING TO DROP CONTACTING THE TURF AND SKEWING THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT WHERE THE AIRCRAFT THEN DEPARTED THE ELEVATED RUNWAY AND RAN INTO LOWER TERRAIN, SHEARING THE RIGHT GEAR AND CAUSING A NOSE OVER PROP STRIKE AND DAMAGE TO RIGHT WING AND FUSELAGE.

## 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 WPR25LA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA235), Aug 1, 2025: Cessna 180J (N52175), Kamiah, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of airplane control following an encounter with a microburst during takeoff.

## Other reports on N52175 (1)

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

- [Accident 19790719015449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790719015449A), Jul 19, 1979: Cessna 180 (N52175), Quail Creek, AK, Substantial damage. Allowed aircraft to drift to left edge of runway on final. Dragged wing tip in brush.

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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