# Incident 20000220003629I: Cessna 180G, Lake George, AK, February 20, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2000, 16:00 local time
- Place: Lake George, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BU6A
- Aircraft: N5422, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5422) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180G (registry code 2072616, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180G
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000220003629I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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