# NTSB SEA83LA184: Cessna 180, N3239D, Colburn, ID, August 28, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 28, 1983, 13:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Colburn, ID
- Location: 48.3971° N, 116.5352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colburn, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.3971&lon=-116.5352&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39759
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA83LA184
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39759/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA184

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, takeoff - roll/run
  - flight/nav instruments,airspeed indicator - inoperative (contributing factor)
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - checklist - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
  - pitot system - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- Overrun, landing - roll
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3239D), registered now, S/N 32037, built 1955 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18032037
- Airframe hours: 4460
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830828044779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830828044779A), Aug 28, 1983: Cessna 180, Colburn, ID, Substantial damage. Aircraft overshot runway during landing and crashed through fence. Forgot to remove pitot cover on preflight.

## Other investigations on N3239D (2)

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 SEA06CA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA156), Aug 2, 2006: Cessna 180 (N3239D), Elk City, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control, which resulted in a ground loop during the landing roll.
- [NTSB LAX80DVD17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DVD17), Mar 30, 1980: Cessna 180 (N3239D), Livermore, CA, substantial damage

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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