# NTSB DEN76DTE52: Cessna 180, N1675C, Kiowa, CO, February 15, 1976

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: February 15, 1976
- Place: Kiowa, CO · KIOWA, CO
- Location: 39.3436° N, 104.4581° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kiowa, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3436&lon=-104.4581&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report March 25, 1976
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 152772
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN76DTE52
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76DTE52

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0423  76/2/15  NR.KIOWA,CO           CESSNA 180          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1030                    N1675C              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 62, 7500 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            1000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE STRIP
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          ENGLEWOOD,CO                RETURN                      KIOWA,CO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: SEATS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
        REMARKS- PLT SEAT SLID REARWARD.STOP MISSING AT FRONT LEFT SEAT RAIL.FRONT LEFT SEAT LEG OFF OF SEAT RAIL.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1675C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1675C-2012-07-19), registration cancelled 2012-07-19, S/N 30375, built 1953 (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: Private Strip

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19760215003469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760215003469A), Feb 15, 1976: Cessna 180, Kiowa, CO, Substantial damage. Plt seat slid rearward. Stop missing at front left seat rail. Front left seat leg off of seat rail.

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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