- Date
- January 27, 1993, 17:15 local (Jan 28, 1993, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Riggins, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8691XCessna 180E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930127001239A
- Case key
- 42980
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Probable cause
The improper preflight planning by the pilot and his failure to attain proper airspeed for takeoff from a short strip in tailwind weather conditions. A factor relating to the accident was the tailwind weather conditions.
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.
Analysis
The pilot attempted to take off from a 1100 ft. dirt strip in tailwind weather conditions. The acft entered a descent at full power after liftoff, struck a tree, and impacted the ground off the end of the strip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8691X
- Reported as
- Cessna 180E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18051091
- Airframe hours
- 1,780
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Burnett, Ross L.
- Registered owner
- Burnett, Ross L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 24, 1992 · 55 hours before
- Departed
- NONE
- Destination
- SFF · Spokane, WA
- Airport
- NONE · None, runway 36, 1,100 × 35 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,000 total · 600 in this make and model · 12 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 15 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LWS, 68 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.