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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 180 · Skwentna, AK · March 25, 1989

Date
March 25, 1989 · 13:00 local
Place
Skwentna, AK
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9685B
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC89LA054
Reported as
Cessna 180
Reported engine
Continental O470L
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,108 total507 in this make and model14 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.

Landed on deep snow on frozen lake. Began to sink, tried to go around,ski hit snowmobile track. Aircraft nosed over

As the FAA filed it

LANDED ON DEEP SNOW ON FROZEN LAKE. BEGAN TO SINK, TRIED TO GO AROUND,SKI HIT SNOWMOBILE TRACK. AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER

NTSB investigation

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