- Date
- February 25, 1985, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lapoint, UT
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N17RKCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850225004309A
- Case key
- 16643
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
On ground/water collision with object
Terrain conditionFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Terrain condition - snowbankFactor
Judgment - poorCause
Analysis
The acft collided with a snowbank while taking off from a road near Lapoint, Utah. The acft was being used to count elk on an indian reservation. The plt landed to relieve himself. On the subsequent takeoff the acft hit a chuckhole in the road which caused it to veer into a snowbank. The acft flipped over causing minor injuries to the passenger.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17RK
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18051695
- Airframe hours
- 4,100
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert Krissman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 15, 1985 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- Roosevelt, UT
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,475 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 8,300 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 1 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.