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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 180 · Matanuska Glaci, AK · July 3, 1987

Date
July 3, 1987 · 16:00 local
Place
Matanuska Glaci, AK
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2995T
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC87LA089
Reported as
Cessna 180
Reported engine
Continental O470J
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,500 total600 in this make and model50 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.

The aircraft nosed over during a glacier landing. Pilot thought surface was hard ice, turned out to be cluster snow

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER DURING A GLACIER LANDING. PILOT THOUGHT SURFACE WAS HARD ICE, TURNED OUT TO BE CLUSTER SNOW

NTSB investigation

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