# Accident 19850609023379A: Cessna 180H, Kenai Lake, AK, June 9, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 1985, 10:45 local time
- Place: Kenai Lake, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N180SL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N180SL-2015-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180H (registry code 2072618, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180H
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 382 total, 94 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC85LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85LA091) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850609023379A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC85LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85LA091), Jun 9, 1985: Cessna 180 (N180SL), Kenai Lake, AK, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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