# NTSB SEA87LA013: Cessna 180K, N64212, Burlington, WA, October 22, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 22, 1986, 07:10 local (14:10 UTC)
- Place: Burlington, WA
- Coordinates: 48.530334, -122.309204 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5303&lon=-122.3092&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40558
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA87LA013
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40558/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87LA013

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff - roll/run
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
  - abort - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64212-2014-11-26), registration cancelled 2014-11-26, S/N 18052882 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180K
- Registry model: [Cessna 180K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180k) (registry code 2072624) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18052882
- Airframe hours: 1129
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19861022053159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861022053159A), Oct 22, 1986: Cessna 180K, Burlington, WA, Substantial damage. The aircraft ran off the side of the runway during takeoff and struck a fence. Pilot failed to maintain control.

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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