- Date
- March 28, 1989, 10:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place
- Boulder, CO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4756BCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890328004889A
- Case key
- 17688
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions, failing to maintain directional control, and inadvertent ground swerve. Gusty crosswinds contributed to the accident.
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.
Analysis
Before takeoff, the plt noticed the wind was variable at 10 KTS. He rprtd that drg the takeoff roll, the acft began to turn left. He attempted to correct with rudder and brake, but to no avail. He reduced power & aborted the takeoff. However, the acft departed the rwy to the left & the right main gear failed. The plt rprtd that after the acdnt, the wind was from the north with gusts to 15 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4756B
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31654
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert M. Michael
- Departed
- 1V5
- Destination
- 1V5
- Airport
- 1V5 · Boulder, runway 8, 4,100 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 52
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight engineer, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,903 total · 650 in this make and model · 7,905 as pilot in command · 194 in the last 90 days · 72 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.