# Accident 19880905036839A: Cessna 180K, Chickaloon Flat, AK, September 5, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1988, 12:00 local time
- Place: Chickaloon Flat, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N2989K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2989K-2003-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180K (registry code 2072624, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180K
- Reported engine: CONT O470M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 587 total, 432 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC88LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC88LA125) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880905036839A

## Narrative

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

LANDED FLOATPLANE ON A MUD FLAT. LOST CONTROL AND AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER.

## 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 ANC88LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC88LA125), Sep 5, 1988: Cessna 180K (N2989K), Chickaloonflats, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2989K (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19830319018489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830319018489I), Mar 19, 1983: Cessna 180 (N2989K), Nome, AK, Minor damage. Tail came up after three point landing. Lost control. Ran off runway. Possible ice on gear impeded wheel rotation.

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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