# NTSB DEN86LA118: Cessna 180G, N180BK, Roosevelt, UT, April 20, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 20, 1986, 12:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place: Roosevelt, UT
- Coordinates: 40.279129, -110.000335 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2791&lon=-110.0003&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16951
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86LA118
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16951/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA118

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - soft
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - aircraft parked/standing
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT AFTER 'LANDING LONG', HE DECIDED TO INITIATE A GO-AROUND. THE PLT SAID THE AIRCRAFT HE WAS PILOTING CONTACTED A PARKED AIRCRAFT DURING THE GO-AROUND WHICH RESULTED IN THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N180BK](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N180BK), registered now, S/N 18052120, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180G
- Registry model: [Cessna 180H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180h) (registry code 2072618) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18052120
- Airframe hours: 4320
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Larry W. Furrh
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 23, 1985, 57 hours before
- Departed: 74V, ROOSEVELT, UT
- Airport: runway 27, 2,000 ×  ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 298 total, 54 in this make and model, 259 as pilot in command, 30 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19860420012889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860420012889A), Apr 20, 1986: Cessna 180H, Roosevelt, UT, Substantial damage. Landed long. Began a belated go around. Struck a parked aircraft at end of runway on liftoff lost control crashed.

## Other investigations on N180BK (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 LAX94LA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA300), Jul 27, 1994: Cessna 180H (N180BK), Elko, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: a loss of engine power from fuel exhaustion due to the pilot's improper preflight and fuel consumption calculations while operating with known equipment malfunctions.

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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