# Accident 20020908025959A: Cessna 180, Portheiden, AK, September 8, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2002, 14:00 local time
- Place: Portheiden, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 56.9500° N, 158.6167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=56.9500&lon=-158.6167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4563B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4563B) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC02LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC02LA118) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020908025959A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2002, AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 HRS. ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, A WHEEL-EQUIPPED CESSNA 180 AIRPLANE, N4563B SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING TAKEOFF FROM A REMOTE OFF AIRPORT SITE APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES EAST OF PORT HEIDEN, ALASKA. PILOT REPORTED THAT PRIOR TO STARTING HIS TAKEOFF ROLL ATOP A 1,500 FEET LONG VOLCANIC CINDER BED, HE NOTED THAT THE PREVAILING WINDS WERE OUT OF THE NORTH AT 15 KNOTS. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING A NORTHERLY TAKEOFF RUN, JUST AFTER TAKEOFF, THE NORTHERLY WINDS DISSIPATED AND THE AIRPLANE WOULD NOT CONTINUE TO CLIMB. THE AIRPLANE SUBSEQUENTLY SETTLED INTO AND COLLIDED WITH A STAND OF ALDER TREES AT THE DEPARTURE END AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE WINGS, FUSELAGE AND EMPENNAGE WITH THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR SEPARATING FROM THE FUSELAGE. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THERE WERE NO PREACCIDENT MECHANICAL ANOMALIES WITH THE AIRPLANE.

## 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 ANC02LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC02LA118), Sep 8, 2002: Cessna 180 (N4563B), Port Heiden, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions during initial climb, which resulted in an in-flight collision with trees. A factor associated with the accident was a variable wind.

## Other reports on N4563B (4)

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

- [Accident 20050425007849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050425007849A), Apr 25, 2005: Cessna 180 (N4563B), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) The PIC [privacy data omitted] landed at Merrill field runway 24 with about an 8 to 10 knot quartering left tail wind. The aircraft is equipped with gar…
- [Accident 19990926027819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990926027819A), Sep 26, 1999: Cessna 180 (N4563B), Pilot Point, AK, Substantial damage. (.19) On September 26, 1999, about 1500 Alaska daylight time, a Cessna 180 airplane, N4563B, sustained substantial damage during landing at an off airport…
- [Accident 19930920039289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930920039289A), Sep 20, 1993: Cessna 180 (N4563B), Pumice Creek, AK, Substantial damage. Gusty severe crosswind on landing. Began go around aborted due unstable winds. Ground looped on unimproved strip.
- [Accident 19790826021549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790826021549A), Aug 26, 1979: Cessna 180 (N4563B), Tyonick, AK, Substantial damage. Airplane wing hit brush during takeoff roll. Aircraft ground-looped.

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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