# Accident 20001007041969A: Cessna 180, Anchorage, AK, October 7, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 2000, 06:30 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Lake Hood Spb
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.1598° N, 149.9897° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1598&lon=-149.9897&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9306C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9306C) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,258 total, 294 in this make and model, 56 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC01LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001007041969A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT AS HE STARTED A SOUTHEASTERLY TAKEOFF RUN, USING THE SOUTHEAST WATER LINE OF LAKE HOOD, THE AIRPLANE'S ACCELERATION SEEMED SLOWER THAN NORMAL DUE TO GLASSY WATER CONDITIONS. HE ALSO SAID THAT AS HE NEARED THE END OF THE WATER LANE, JUST BEFORE THE AIRPLANE BECAME AIRBORNE, HE ELECTED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF RUN. HE SAID THAT AFTER HE CLOSED THE THROTTLE, THE AIRPLANE STAYED UP ON THE STOP LONGER THAT HE HAD ANTICIPATED, AND SUBSEQUENTLY STRUCK THE LAKESHORE, AND A MOORED AND UNOCCUPIED CE-185, N61473. (-23 ADDITIONAL NARRATIVE) PILOT IN COMMAND OF N9306C WAS CLEARED FOR A SOUTHEAST TAKEOFF FROM LAKE HOOD. WIND WAS REPORTED VARIABLE LESS THAN 4 KNOTS. PILOT IN COMMAND REPORTED THAT THE LAKE HAD GLASSY CONDITIONS AND WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS UP ON THE STEP, THE PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED TO BRING ONE FLOAT OUT OF THE WATER BUT THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT SEEM TO BE ACCELERATING AND FELT STUCK TO THE WATER. PILOT IN COMMAND DECIDED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF. THERE WAS AN ORANGE MARKER CLOSING THE EAST-WEST WATERLANE AND THE PILOT IN COMMAND DECIDED TO TRY AND MAKE A RIGHT TURN TO AVOID THE SHORELINE. AIRCRAFT RAN UP ON SHORE AND STRUCK A PARKED CESSNA 185 WITH ITS PROPELLER.

## 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 ANC01LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA005), Oct 8, 2000: Cessna 180 (N9306C), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delay in aborting the takeoff run. A factor associated with the accident was glassy water conditions.

## Other reports on N9306C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20200702005309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200702005309I), Jul 2, 2020: Cessna 180 (N9306C), Kantishna, AK, Minor damage. Pilot stated he and passenger departed wolf lake to Kantishna following denali park road. 20 miles out of Kantishna the flight encountered a fog bank with…

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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