19881111069249I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 180K · Ketchikan, AK · November 11, 1988

Date
November 11, 1988 · 19:34 local
Place
Ketchikan, AK
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N66237
Reported as
Cessna 180K
Reported engine
Continental O470U
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total1,400 in this make and model120 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.

Encountered downdraft after takeoff. Bounced off water tried to abort,was hit by freak wave from high wind. Flipped

As the FAA filed it

ENCOUNTERED DOWNDRAFT AFTER TAKEOFF. BOUNCED OFF WATER TRIED TO ABORT,WAS HIT BY FREAK WAVE FROM HIGH WIND. FLIPPED