# Accident 20010702039829A: Cessna 180, Houston, AK, July 2, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 2001, 06:45 local time
- Place: Houston, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.7575° N, 150.0528° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.7575&lon=-150.0528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4989A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4989A-2001-12-06) (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
- Reported engine: CONT O470K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 500 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC01LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010702039829A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 2, 2001, AT 0645 ADT, MR. PHILIP HORTON, THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF FLOAT-EQUIPPED CESSNA 180, N4989A, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON ZERO LAKE, APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE N OF HOUSTON, ALASKA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY THE POST-LANDING FIRE. THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE FLIGHT FROM WILLOW LAKE TO SEYMOUR LAKE, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND LOST POWER. THE PILOT PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING. AFTER LANDING, HE NOTICED SMOKE AND FLAMES IN THE LOWER COWLING AREA, AND ABANDONED THE AIRCRAFT. FLAMES SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE CABIN AREA AS THE AIRCRAFT BURNED ON THE WATER.

## 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 ANC01LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA079), Jul 2, 2001: Cessna 180 (N4989A), Willow, AK, destroyed. Probable cause: A fire of undetermined origin, following a precautionary landing.

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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