# Accident 19960730022769A: Cessna 180, Mc Carthy, AK, July 30, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1996, 13:30 local time
- Place: Mc Carthy, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: S7LC
- Location: 62.0998° N, 145.5290° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.0998&lon=-145.5290&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1746C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1746C) (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 O470L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC96LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC96LA110) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960730022769A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO IMC IN A PASS TRIED TO RETREAT BUT WEATHER HAD CLOSED IN BEHIND. MADE PRECAUTION LANDING ON ROUGH TUNDRA.

## 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 ANC96LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC96LA110), Jul 30, 1996: Cessna 180 (N1746C), Mc Carthy, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate weather evaluation, and his inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions.

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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