# NTSB DEN69D0130: Cessna 180, N4660B, Steamboat Sg, CO, October 14, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 14, 1968
- Place: Steamboat Sg, CO · STEAMBOAT SG, CO
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 23, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 107966
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN69D0130
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN69D0130

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3722  68/10/14   STEAMBOAT SG,COLO   CESSNA 180          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 28, 600
        TIME - 1500                    N4660B              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 90 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - STEAMBOAT SPRINGS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 TAKEOFF: RUN
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
        REMARKS- ATTEMPTED T/O WITH CROSSWIND 25K,GUSTS TO 40K.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4660B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4660B), registered now, S/N 31558, built 1955 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Steamboat Springs

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.

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