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Event SEA86LA173

1986-07-20 THOMAS CREEK, Idaho, United States Airport · 2U8 None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7583K

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 180J

Year of manufacture

1976 · 10 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19760415

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA3A8C

Registrant of record

BAKER MARK L

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE PLT REPORTED NOT BEING LINED UP PROPERLY ON THE AIRSTRIP WHEN POWER WAS APPLIED FOR TAKEOFF. A WITNESS REPORTED SEEING THE TAIL OF THE ACFT PULLING TO THE LEFT CAUSING THE ACFT TO SLIDE DOWN THE AIRSTRIP. THE LEFT LANDING GEAR DUG INTO THE TERRAIN, COLLAPSED AND THE ACFT GROUND LOOPED COMING TO REST ON THE LEFT WING. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1986_SEA86LA173.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type. Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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