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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 180K · Big Lake, AK · October 5, 1980

Date
October 5, 1980 · 19:45 local
Place
Big Lake, AK
Airport
Big Lake
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N64445
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC81FAG03
Reported as
Cessna 180K
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
670 total570 in this make and model85 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot claimed aborted attempt to land on non-lighted airstrip & flew aircraft into ground. Dark night, no lights.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT CLAIMED ABORTED ATTEMPT TO LAND ON NON-LIGHTED AIRSTRIP & FLEW AIRCRAFT INTO GROUND. DARK NIGHT, NO LIGHTS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.