# Accident 20050910024869A: Cessna 180C, Igiugug, AK, September 10, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2005, 13:30 local time
- Place: Igiugug, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.2000° N, 155.1667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.2000&lon=-155.1667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9254T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9254T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180C (registry code 2072608, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180C
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 635 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC05LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05LA143) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050910024869A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2005, ABOUT 1300 HRS CESSNA 180C, N9254T SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT NOSED OVER DURING AN OFF AIRPORT EMERGENCY LANDING. 30 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF IGIUGIG, ALASKA UNDER VFR CONDITIONS. PILOT AND PASSENGER SMELLED SMOKE AND COULD NOT DETERMINE CAUSE, DECIDED TO LAND AT AN UNAPPROVED AIRSTRIP AND AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER DURING LANDING ROLL OUT.

## 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 ANC05LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05LA143), Sep 10, 2005: Cessna 180C (N9254T), Igiugig, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the airplane's starter to disengage, which resulted in an overheated starter, smoke in the cockpit, and an emergency landing. A factor associated with the accident was soft terrain…

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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