- Date
- October 12, 1986, 13:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Emmett, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N25468Cessna 165
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861012048519A
- Case key
- 40554
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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Analysis
Directional control was lost during takeoff roll and a groundloop occurred. This was the pilots first flight in a tail wheel aircraft.
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
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentCause
Lack of total experience in type of aircraftFactor
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25468
- Reported as
- Cessna 165
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 573
- Engine
- Warner 50, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ronald O'Kelly
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 10, 1986
- Departed
- S78 · Emmett, ID
- Destination
- BFI · Seattle, WA
- Airport
- S78 · Emmett Municipal, runway 28, 2,400 × 50 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 420 total · 2 in this make and model · 320 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 70 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °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.