NTSB investigations: Cessna 180K, 1983

5 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Cessna 180K. Aircraft are matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model, so older matches can be wrong.

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NTSB investigations: Cessna 180K, 1983 per year, 1978–2026: 126 cases
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duckdb -csv -c "SELECT c.\"ntsbNumber\", c.\"eventDate\", c.\"eventType\", c.\"eventCity\", c.\"eventStateOrRegion\", a.n_number, a.\"aircraftMake\", a.\"aircraftModel\", c.\"highestInjuryLevel\", c.\"totalFatal\", c.\"completionStatus\", c.report_url
  FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c.\"mKey\" AND a.position = 1
  WHERE year(c.\"eventDate\") = 1983
    AND c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2072624'))
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB LAX84LA123Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 180K · Melville Lake, CAThe acft landed hard during an aborted takeoff from a dry lake bed after the landing gear had snagged a tent. In preparing to leave the plt noticed a small tent on the lake bed. He believed he could overfly it on takeoff but the landing gear did not clear the…Dec 29, 1983 · N2991K · Substantial damageNTSB LAX84LA110Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 180K · Santa Rosa Island, CAAccording to the plt, the nose of the acft felt heavy just before lift-off & when he became airborne. He felt something was wrong with the tail of the acft & that he was unable to obtain full elevator response, so he aborted the takeoff. The acft rolled 300…Dec 22, 1983 · N2697K · Substantial damageNTSB FTW84LA041Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 180K · Patterson, LAAfter landing, the plt was step taxiing the float plane around a slight curve in the canal. As the acft went around the curve, the sun was in the plt's eyes & he did not see a piling until it was directly ahead. He took evasive action, but the left wing…Nov 1, 1983 · N2727K · Substantial damageNTSB DEN83LA186Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 180 · Cheyenne, WYThe acft groundlooped during takeoff. The plt stated that he incorrectly assumed a 14 kt headwind when the tower gave the 'winds light at fourteen' after previously assigning rwy light. After applying power he realized that he had a x-wind and cut the power.…Aug 8, 1983 · N2590K · Substantial damageNTSB DEN83LA050Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 180K · Billings, MTThe tailwheel (conventional gear) aircraft was equipped with a robertson stol modification. The pilot reported that with this modification, the plane's stall speed was lowered to 28 to 30 KTS. While in the traffic pattern, tower asked him to keep his speed up…Jan 18, 1983 · N64000 · Substantial damage