# Incident 20011013029489I: Cessna 172H, Napaskiak, AK, October 13, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 2001, 14:30 local time
- Place: Napaskiak, AK
- Airport: Napaskiak Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.7029° N, 161.7783° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NAPASKIAK (PKA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7029&lon=-161.7783&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2529L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2529L-2017-07-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 250 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/20011013029489I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 13, 2001, A CESSNA CE-172, N2529L, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A FROZEN LAKE NEAR THE VILLAGE OF NAPASKIAK, ALASKA. THE PART 91 VFR FLIGHT OPERATED BY THE AIRCRAFT OWNER MR. CARL DIRKERS WAS ENROUTE FROM MANOKOTAK TO BETHEL, ALASKA. WHEN APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES FROM BETHEL, AFTER CONTACTING BET TWR, THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH. THE PILOT SAID HE APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT, BUT IT MADE THINGS WORSE. HE IMMEDIATELY TURNED TOWARDS NAPASKIAK AND NOTIFIED TWR THAT HE WAS DIVERTING. THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND STOPPED RUNNING. HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED ON A FROZEN LAKE. DURING ROLL OUT TOWARDS SHORE, THE LEFT WHEEL BROKE THROUGH THE ICE FOLLOWED BY THE FRONT WHEEL. THE PILOT SAID THE WATER WAS APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET DEEP AND THE AIRCRAFT STUCK NOSE DOWN IN THE MUD. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING TIP AND BOTTOM COWLING, THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

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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