# Accident 19980918025559A: Cessna 182D, Fort Yukon, AK, September 18, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 1998, 16:30 local time
- Place: Fort Yukon, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 66.5602° N, 145.2509° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.5602&lon=-145.2509&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8874X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8874X-2003-10-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182D (registry code 2072710, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182D
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 95 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC98LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA154) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980918025559A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED ON LANDING AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. (-23) THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO PERFORM AN OFF-AIRPORT LANDING TO A RIVER GRAVEL BAR. ON SHORT FINAL THE PILOT GLANCED AT SOME TREES TO HIS LEFT TO ENSURE THE WING WOULD CLEAR THEM.  DURING THIS TIME THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE WATER SHORT OF THE GRAVEL BAR AND FLIPPED OVER ON ITS BACK.  IT LANDED IN THE RIVER APPROX. THIRTY FEET FROM THE GRAVEL BAR. (.4) THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT HAD BEEN TAKING OFF AND LANDING ALONG A REMOTE GRAVEL BAR IN A WHEEL EQUIPPED AIRPLANE. HE WAS SUPPORTING FRIENDS WHO WERE FLOATING DOWN A RIVER.  ON THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT, THE PILOT WAS LANDING TOWARD THE SOUTH.  THE WIND WAS FROM THE SOUTH ABOUT 5 KNOTS.  THE PILOT SAID THAT THE WIND SPEED DECREASED TO ZERO, AND THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN IN THE WATER, ABOUT 20 FEET SHORT OF HIS INTENDED LANDING AREA.  THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER, AND RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE, WINGS, AND THE LEFT WING LIFT STRUT.

## 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 ANC98LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA154), Sep 19, 1998: Cessna 182D (N8874X), Fort Yukon, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A failure of the pilot to maintain the proper glidepath to the landing touch down spot.

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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