- Date
- October 22, 1986, 07:10 local (14:10 UTC)
- Place
- Burlington, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N64212Cessna 180K
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861022053159A
- Case key
- 40558
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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.
On ground/water collision with object
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Object - fenceFactor
Abort - not performedCause
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wetFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Analysis
Plt was taking off in fog from wet grass strip. Acft swerved left, plt unable to arrest with opposite rudder and brake, collided with fence. Abort not attempted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64212
- Reported as
- Cessna 180K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052882
- Airframe hours
- 1,129
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas J. Paulus
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 22, 1986 · 49 hours before
- Destination
- PSC · Pasco, WA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Bayview Farms, runway 7, 2,000 × 120 ft, grass/turf
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,092 total · 159 in this make and model · 898 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.