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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 180H · Kenai Lake, AK · June 9, 1985

Date
June 9, 1985 · 10:45 local
Place
Kenai Lake, AK
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N180SL
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC85LA091
Reported as
Cessna 180H
Reported engine
Continental O470R
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
382 total94 in this make and model26 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.

Float struck water as turn was being made to final. Aircraft cartwheeled and came to rest upside down in lake.

As the FAA filed it

FLOAT STRUCK WATER AS TURN WAS BEING MADE TO FINAL. AIRCRAFT CARTWHEELED AND CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN IN LAKE.

NTSB investigation

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