# Accident 20000908042389A: Cessna 180, Sterling, AK, September 8, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2000, 13:40 local time
- Place: Sterling, AK
- Airport: Sterling Air Park Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.5402° N, 150.7908° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5402&lon=-150.7908&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2347C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC00LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00LA117) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000908042389A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2000 AT ABOUT 1340 HOURS, ADT, A WHEEL EQUIPPED CE-180, N2347C, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT HIT A TREE DURING TAKEOFF FROM THE STERLING AIRPARK AIRPORT AND LANDED OFF THE AIRPORT. THE ATP PILOT/OWNER AND ONE OTHER PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE WEATHER WAS VFR WITH A LIGHT WIND ON THE GROUND. THE PILOT STATED THAT SHE DECIDED TO TAKEOFF WITH A VERY SLIGHT DOWNWIND BECAUSE THE TREES WERE LOWER IN THE TAKEOFF DIRECTION. THE PILOT ALSO STATED THAT JUST AFTER LIFTOFF, TURBULENCE AND A DOWN DRAFT WERE EXPERIENCED. THE AIRCRAFT HIT SOME SMALL TREES AND THEN LANDED IN THE TREES.

## 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 ANC00LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00LA117), Sep 8, 2000: Cessna 180 (N2347C), Sterling, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to attain clearance from trees during takeoff from a touch-and-go landing. A factor associated with the accident is the pilot's failure to attain a proper touchdown point.

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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