# Accident 20021213035139A: Cessna 180H, Pertersburg, AK, December 13, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 2002, 08:44 local time
- Place: Pertersburg, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 56.8000° N, 132.9333° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=56.8000&lon=-132.9333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9701G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9701G-2003-11-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180H (registry code 2072618, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180H
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC03LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021213035139A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 13, 2002, SOMETIME AFTER 0844 ALASKA STANDARD TIME, A FLOAT-EQUIPPED CESSNA 180 AIRPLANE, N9701G, IS PRESUMED TO HAVE CRASHED INTO THE WATER, ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF PETERSBURG, ALASKA. THE AIRPLANE HAS NOT BEEN LOCATED AND IS PRESUMED TO HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED AS A VFR PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER TITLE 14, CFR PART 91. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO, AND OPERATED BY, THE PILOT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE POINT OF DEPARTURE, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE PETERSBURG AIRPORT ABOUT 0826. AT 0844, WHILE IN THE VICINITY OF MOUNT FRANSHAW THE PILOT CONTACTED THE SITKA AFSS, HE REPORTED THAT DETERIORATING WEATHER CONDITIONS WOULD NOT ALLOW HIM TO COMPLETE HIS FLIGHT. HE THEN REQUESTED THAT HIS FLIGHT PLAN BE AMENDED TO SHOW HIS ROUTE OF FLIGHT FROM PETERSBURG TO SEYMOUR CANAL, GAMBIER BAY, PYBUS BAY, RETURNING TO PETERSBURG. NO FURTHER RADIO COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED. ON DECEMBER 30, 2002, THE PILOT'S BODY WAS DISCOVERED IN THE TIDAL OCEAN WATERS ALONG THE NORTHERLY SHORE OF WEST BROTHER ISLAND, AT LATITUDE 57.18.23 NORTH, AND LONGITUDE 133.51.07 WEST. AWAITING AUTOPSY REPORT FOR CAUSE OFDEATH.

## 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 ANC03LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA022), Dec 13, 2002: Cessna 180 (N9701G), Petersburg, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: An in flight collision with ocean water for an undetermined reason.

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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