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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 414 · Sitka, AK · August 28, 1990

Date
August 28, 1990 · 12:16 local
Place
Sitka, AK
Airport
Sitka
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8180K
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC90FA158
Reported as
Cessna 414
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520J
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
3,500 total

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Departed IFR and struck trees on mountainside on climbout. Turn was into mountains instead of turn over ocean.

As the FAA filed it

DEPARTED IFR AND STRUCK TREES ON MOUNTAINSIDE ON CLIMBOUT. TURN WAS INTO MOUNTAINS INSTEAD OF TURN OVER OCEAN.

NTSB investigation

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

Other reports on N8180K · 1

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