- Date
- August 31, 1984, 17:30 local (Sep 1, 1984, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Scappoose, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N601NCessna 180A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840831045559A
- Case key
- 40001
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Compensation for wind conditions - improperCause
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertent
Analysis
The pilot stated that during the takeoff ground run, just prior to rotation, he 'took a sharp gust of wind from the left and ground looped the aircraft.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N601N
- Reported as
- Cessna 180A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32987
- Engine
- Continental O-470-K, 265 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James K. Davis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 10, 1984
- Departed
- 1S4 · Scappoose, OR
- Destination
- 1S4 · Scapposose, OR
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 590 total · 82 in this make and model · 7 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HIO, 15 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.