# Accident 20091022052299A: Cessna 182C, Kotzebue, AK, October 22, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2009, 13:00 local time
- Place: Kotzebue, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 66.8868° N, 162.4917° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kotzebue, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.8868&lon=-162.4917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8944T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8944T-2019-11-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182C (registry code 2072708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091022052299A

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS INTERVIEWED BY LKG ON 12/02/2009 @ HIS HOME, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REGARDING AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT THAT OCCURED SOMETIME DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2009, AT A LOCATION APPROXIMATELY 12 MILES NORTHEAST ON THE 052 BEARING FROM KOTZEBUE.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ADMITS TO BEING PIC OF THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TAKEOFF OF THE BEACH ICE WHEN THE NOSEWHEEL OF THE AIRCRAFT HIT A CRACK IN THE ICE CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO CRASH.   ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATES THAT HE DOES NOT KNOW THE DATE OF THE ACCIDENT, BUT THAT IT WAS ON THE FIRST DAY OF AFN.THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT WAS A CESSNA CE-182-C WHEELPLANE OWNED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF KOTZEBUE, AK.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE HAD ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  HE DID NOT REVEAL THE PASSENGER'S NAME.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N8944T (1)

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

- [Incident 19840121015319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840121015319I), Jan 21, 1984: Cessna 182C (N8944T), Kotzebue, AK, Minor damage. Engine failed after takeoff. Tried to make a road but drifted off the edge. Found solid ice in carburetor bowl.

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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