# Accident 20080311014039A: Cessna 180K, White Mountain, AK, March 11, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 2008, 10:50 local time
- Place: White Mountain, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.7097° N, 162.7628° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.7097&lon=-162.7628&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66036, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66036-2009-07-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180K (registry code 2072624, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180K
- Reported engine: CONT O470S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 19,700 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC08LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08LA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080311014039A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON MARCH 11, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00 AM LOCAL TIME, THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND OBTAINED WEATHER INFORMATION FROM THE IDITAROD AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN UNALAKLEET, ALASKA. AT APPROXIMATELY 10:25 AM LOCAL TIME, THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND, FLYING AIRCRAFT N66036, DEPARTED IN VERY LIGHT SNOW FROM KOYUK, ALASKA WITH TWO PASSENGERS ONBOARD, ENROUTE TO WHITE MOUNTAIN, ALASKA AND CLIMBED TO AN ALTITUDE OF 2500 FEET. AT APPROXIMATELY 10:50 AM, THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF N66036 RECEIVED A RADIO CALL FROM ANOTHER PILOT 10 MILES AHEAD OF HIM, STATING THAT HE HAD 5 MILES VISIBILITY. AT APPROXIMATELY 10:50 AM, THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF N66036, DESCENDED FROM APPROXIMATELY 2500 FEET TO 2000 FEET AND ENCOUNTERED A TOTAL WHITE OUT AND FLIGHT LIGHT CONDITION. HE THEN STRUCK THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 16 MILES FROM WHITE MOUNTAIN, ALASKA.

## 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 ANC08LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08LA042), Mar 11, 2008: Cessna 180 (N66036), White Mountain, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadvertent flight into flat light/whiteout conditions over snow-covered terrain.

## Other reports on N66036 (1)

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

- [Accident 19910310006619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910310006619A), Mar 10, 1991: Cessna 180K (N66036), Amos Lake, AK, Substantial damage. Tried to take wheel equipped aircraft off from snow drifted frozen lake. Too slow,aborted. Unable stop on ice.

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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