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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 180A · Skwentna, AK · February 16, 2008

Date: February 16, 2008 · 13:30 local
Place: Skwentna, AK
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9528B
Reported as: Cessna 180A
Reported engine: Continental IO520*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,600 total5,900 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

N9528BRegistered now · Cessna 180AS/N 32825 · Built 1957 Airframe modelCessna 180A Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On February 16, 2008, the pilot privacy data omitted left Skwentna for a cabin on cow lake. While enroute, his engine lost power. He checked for fuel on both tanks, turned on his boost pump and pulled his alternate air door. Seeing the ground coming up fast, he broadcast his location and situation on 122.9 in the blind. The only available landing area was a swamp. He made a successful landing with minor damage to the leading edge of both wings. The aircraft was helicoptered out to birchwood airstrip. No injuries and only the pilot was on board. It was snowing at the time of the incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 16, 2008, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LEFT SKWENTNA FOR A CABIN ON COW LAKE. WHILE ENROUTE, HIS ENGINE LOST POWER. HE CHECKED FOR FUEL ON BOTH TANKS, TURNED ON HIS BOOST PUMP AND PULLED HIS ALTERNATE AIR DOOR. SEEING THE GROUND COMING UP FAST, HE BROADCAST HIS LOCATION AND SITUATION ON 122.9 IN THE BLIND. THE ONLY AVAILABLE LANDING AREA WAS A SWAMP. HE MADE A SUCCESSFUL LANDING WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE OF BOTH WINGS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS HELICOPTERED OUT TO BIRCHWOOD AIRSTRIP. NO INJURIES AND ONLY THE PILOT WAS ON BOARD. IT WAS SNOWING AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.