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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 180 · Naknek, AK · July 15, 1981

Date
July 15, 1981 · 16:30 local
Place
Naknek, AK
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision
Midair collision, first aircraft
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N2827A
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC81FA081
Reported as
Cessna 180
Reported engine
Continental O470A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
5,200 total43 in this make and model3 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.

Low flying camera aircraft made abrupt turn into climbing aircraft N5289U. Prop cut off tail of struck 206.

As the FAA filed it

LOW FLYING CAMERA AIRCRAFT MADE ABRUPT TURN INTO CLIMBING AIRCRAFT N5289U. PROP CUT OFF TAIL OF STRUCK 206.

NTSB investigation

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