- Date
- August 28, 1983, 13:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Colburn, ID
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3239DCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830828044779A
- Case key
- 39759
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Analysis
The acft collided with a fence and a ditch during an overrun while landing. The pilot reported he took off with the pitot tube cover on and had flown 7 miles to a private airstrip. The strip was reported to be about 1300 ft long. The pilot stated he landed downwind, ran off the end of the rwy through a fence and hit a ditch. The 3 occupants were not injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3239D
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18032037
- Airframe hours
- 4,460
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert A. Murray, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1983
- Airport
- Murray, runway 32, 1,300 × 25 ft, dirt
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 512 total · 260 in this make and model · 512 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N3239D · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.