- Date
- April 30, 1978
- Place
- Owhyee, NV · OWHYEE, NV
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4612BCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780430007209A
- Case key
- 142748
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0573 78/4/30 OWHYEE,NV CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 457 TIME - 1600 N4612B PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHEEP CREEK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OWHYEE,NV NAMPA,ID TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 9000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 315 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT REPORTED WIND GUST FLIPPED ACFT OVER ON TKOF.WIND VELOCITY NOT REPORTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4612B
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sheep Creek
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.