# Accident 19960405006249A: Cessna 180A, Big Lake, AK, April 5, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 1996, 19:10 local time
- Place: Big Lake, AK
- Airport: Big Lake Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.4601° N, 150.0905° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.4601&lon=-150.0905&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9600B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9600B-2012-08-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180A (registry code 2072604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180A
- Reported engine: CONT O470K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC96LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC96LA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960405006249A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER ON FINAL. LANDED SHORT. NOSED OVER. LOW FUEL HAD UNPORTED. PLACED PLANE UPRIGHT. EXPLODED AND BURNED.

## 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 ANC96LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC96LA043), Apr 5, 1996: Cessna 180 (N9600B), Big Lake, AK, destroyed. Probable cause: fuel starvation due to unporting of the fuel tank inlet, and the pilot's use of a steep, nose-low attitude during descent on the approach to land. The low level of fuel remaining was a related factor.

## Other reports on N9600B (1)

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

- [Accident 19930919036359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930919036359A), Sep 19, 1993: Cessna 180A (N9600B), Charlie Lake, AK, Substantial damage. Unable to clear shore on water takeoff. Pulled back prop control instead of throttle aborting takeoff. Hit shore.

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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