# Accident 19950820025439A: Cessna 180, Fort Yukon, AK, August 20, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1995, 18:00 local time
- Place: Fort Yukon, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 66.5603° N, 145.2495° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.5603&lon=-145.2495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9407C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9407C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Reported engine: CONT O470K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,515 total, 198 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC95LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC95LA146) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950820025439A

## Narrative

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

TRIED TO DEPART HIGH GRASS AREA. WING HIT TALL WILLOW BUSHES. COLLAPSED LEFT GEAR. BENT WING. LANDED TO AID A PILOT

## 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 ANC95LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC95LA146), Aug 21, 1995: Cessna 180 (N9407C), Fort Yukon, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S SELECTION OF AN UNSUITABLE TAKEOFF AREA.

## Other reports on N9407C (2)

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

- [Accident 19980918025579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980918025579A), Sep 18, 1998: Cessna 180 (N9407C), Chalkitsik, AK, Substantial damage. On September 18, 1998, about 1130 Alaska daylight time, a tundra tire equipped Cessna 180 airplane, N9407C, sustained substantial damage during takeoff from a…
- [Accident 19800217003019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800217003019A), Feb 17, 1980: Cessna 180 (N9407C), Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. Landed on frozen lake while airplane was drifting sideways. Ski caught in crusted snow. Nosed over.

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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