# Accident 20100318029539A: Cessna 182B, Port Alsworth, AK, March 18, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 2010, 15:30 local time
- Place: Port Alsworth, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.5301° N, 165.6009° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5301&lon=-165.6009&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2266G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2266G-2014-12-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182B (registry code 2072706, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 200 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC10CA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10CA027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100318029539A

## Narrative

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

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT RICHARD FURMAN, HE DEPARTED THE SOLDOTNA, ALASKA AIRPORT WITH ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD IN A FLIGHT OF TWO WITH HIM TRAILING (FOLLOWING) ENROUTE TO PORT ALSWORTH, ALASKA VIA LAKE CLARK PASS.  APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES SOUTH WEST OF SUMMIT LAKE THE FLIGHT OF TWO ENCOUNTERED A SNOW STORM.  HE LOST SIGHT OF THE LEAD AIRPLANE AND DECIDED TO TURN AROUND.  HE INITIATED A LEFT HAND TURN AND DECIDED TO LAND OFF AIRPORT BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THE TIGHTNESS OF THE PASS.  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE WING TIPS SUSTAINED DAMAGE ALONG WITH BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR.  THE ENGINE REMAINED RUNNING AND WAS SHUT DOWN AFTER LANDING.  HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE PROPELLER WAS NOT DAMAGED.  THE AIRMAN STATED THERE WERE NO ABNORMALTIES REGARDING THE OPERATION OF THE AIRCRAFT.  HE ALSO STATED THAT NEITHER HIM OR HIS PASSENGER WERE INJURED.

## 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 ANC10CA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10CA027), Mar 18, 2010: Cessna 182B (N2266G), Port Alsworth, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to enter adverse weather conditions, resulting in a loss of visibility and collision with terrain during a turn to reverse direction.

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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