# Accident 19890729025809A: Cessna 180A, Wassila, AK, July 29, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1989, 13:25 local time
- Place: Wassila, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N9681B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9681B-1992-08-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180A (registry code 2072604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180A
- Reported engine: CONT O470K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 183 in this make and model, 183 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC89FA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC89FA130) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890729025809A

## Narrative

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

WARNED OF LOW FUEL. TOOK OFF FROM A LAKE AND RAN OUT OF FUEL ON CLIMBOUT. STALLED INTO TREES TO AVOID A HOUSE.

## 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 ANC89FA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC89FA130), Jul 29, 1989: Cessna 180A (N9681B), Wasilla, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT BY THE PILOT WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL STARVATION DUE TO AN INADEQUATE SUPPLY OF FUEL AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE AIRSPEED WHILE MANEUVERING BACK TOWARD THE LAKE WHICH…

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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