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FAA incident report · Cessna 180G · Lake George, AK · February 20, 2000

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Date
February 20, 2000 · 16:00 local
Place
Lake George, AK
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
BU6A
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5422
Reported as
Cessna 180G
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,000 total3,000 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days
N5422Registered now · Cessna 180GS/N 180-51317Airframe modelCessna 180GEngine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot and 4 passengers departed merrill field for an air tour of the local area, with a planned landing on lake gearge, 30 miles east of anchorage. Pilot has made stops at Lake George with passengers in the past with no problems. The day was exceptionally warm for the time of year. Pilot made landing on the southeast end of lake, but found the ice quite rough, added power and flew a little futher up the lake to what appeared to be smoother ice. After landing, as the aircraft was slowing, pilot saw he was getting overflow, added power, but the aircraftwouldn't accelerate to takeoff speed. Pilot pulled off power and stopped to turn the aircraft around and taxi back. Before the pilot could get the aircraft turned around it slid sideways into a deep depression (2 ft.). Pilot knew he could get the aircraft out, but his first concern was getting the passengers taken care of and called for assistance. They were picked up by a army helicopter and returned to anchorage. The pilot went back to Lake George the following morning flew the aircraft back to merrill field.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT AND 4 PASSENGERS DEPARTED MERRILL FIELD FOR AN AIR TOUR OF THE LOCAL AREA, WITH A PLANNED LANDING ON LAKE GEARGE, 30 MILES EAST OF ANCHORAGE. PILOT HAS MADE STOPS AT LAKE GEORGE WITH PASSENGERS IN THE PAST WITH NO PROBLEMS. THE DAY WAS EXCEPTIONALLY WARM FOR THE TIME OF YEAR. PILOT MADE LANDING ON THE SOUTHEAST END OF LAKE, BUT FOUND THE ICE QUITE ROUGH, ADDED POWER AND FLEW A LITTLE FUTHER UP THE LAKE TO WHAT APPEARED TO BE SMOOTHER ICE. AFTER LANDING, AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLOWING, PILOT SAW HE WAS GETTING OVERFLOW, ADDED POWER, BUT THE AIRCRAFTWOULDN'T ACCELERATE TO TAKEOFF SPEED. PILOT PULLED OFF POWER AND STOPPED TO TURN THE AIRCRAFT AROUND AND TAXI BACK. BEFORE THE PILOT COULD GET THE AIRCRAFT TURNED AROUND IT SLID SIDEWAYS INTO A DEEP DEPRESSION (2 FT.). PILOT KNEW HE COULD GET THE AIRCRAFT OUT, BUT HIS FIRST CONCERN WAS GETTING THE PASSENGERS TAKEN CARE OF AND CALLED FOR ASSISTANCE. THEY WERE PICKED UP BY A ARMY HELICOPTER AND RETURNED TO ANCHORAGE. THE PILOT WENT BACK TO LAKE GEORGE THE FOLLOWING MORNING FLEW THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO MERRILL FIELD.