# Accident 19900828037039A: Cessna 414, Sitka, AK, August 28, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 1990, 12:16 local time
- Place: Sitka, AK
- Airport: Sitka
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 56.7296° N, 134.9994° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=56.7296&lon=-134.9994&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8180K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8180K-2013-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414 (registry code 2075908, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC90FA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90FA158) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900828037039A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 ANC90FA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90FA158), Aug 28, 1990: Cessna 414 (N8180K), Sitka, AK, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT, AND HIS FAILURE TO FOLLOW IFR PROCEDURES AND MAINTAIN CLEARANCE FROM MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.

## Other reports on N8180K (1)

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

- [Incident 19821107065729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821107065729I), Nov 7, 1982: Cessna 414 (N8180K), Anza, CA, Minor damage. Airstrip is an extension of a road. Earth plowed on both sides. Right gear hit plowed earth. Gear folded.

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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