# NTSB SEA87LA009: Cessna 165, N25468, Emmett, ID, October 12, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 12, 1986, 13:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place: Emmett, ID
- Coordinates: 43.97945, -116.519561 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9794&lon=-116.5196&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 10, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40554
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA87LA009
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40554/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87LA009

## 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

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N25468](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N25468), registered now, S/N 573, built 1940 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 165
- Registry model: [Cessna C-165](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-c-165) (registry code 2071102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Warner SS165 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/warner-ss165-series) (registry code 64504, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 573
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19861012048519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861012048519A), Oct 12, 1986: Cessna C165, Emmett, ID, Substantial damage. The aircraft veered left on takeoff roll and struck a parked aircraft. Pilot was unfamiliar with tailwheel aircraft

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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