- Date
- January 11, 1982, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Saquache, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2332CCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820111001159A
- Case key
- 72552
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a round-robin VFR flight the pilot landed at cochetopa strip and shut down for 1 hour. The pilot stated that at the time of takeoff the wind velocity had increased to 20-25 knots with almost a direct crosswind. During takeoff the aircraft drifted left into a snowbank, cartwheeled and came to rest inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2332C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30632
- Airframe hours
- 4,300
- Engine
- Continental O-470-A, 265 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- George M. Siewers
- Registered owner
- George M. Siewers
- Departed
- Villa Grove, CO
- Destination
- Villa Grove, CO
- Airport
- 28V · Cochetopa, runway 26, 3,500 × 0 ft, gravel
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,783 total · 99 in this make and model · 2,750 as pilot in command · 122 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 77 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2332C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.