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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 180 · Naknek, AK · November 22, 1982

Date
November 22, 1982 · 12:30 local
Place
Naknek, AK
Airport
Naknek
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2974C
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC83LA016
Reported as
Cessna 180
Reported engine
Continental O470K
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
121 total62 in this make and model25 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 was attempting to position aircraft for takeoff on frozen lake, could not make turn and crashed into bank.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO POSITION AIRCRAFT FOR TAKEOFF ON FROZEN LAKE, COULD NOT MAKE TURN AND CRASHED INTO BANK.

NTSB investigation

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