# Accident 20120220002819A: Cessna 182A, Anchorage, AK, February 20, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2012, 19:20 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Lake Hood
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.1681° N, 149.9719° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1681&lon=-149.9719&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6147B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6147B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC12CA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12CA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120220002819A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED SOLDOTNA AIRPORT EN ROUTE TO LAKE HOOD STRIP WITH TWO PASSENGERS.  EN ROUTE, THE PILOT CHECKED ATIS INFORMATION AND UPDATED THE WEATHER FOR HIS ARRIVAL.APPROXIMATELY 20NM FROM ANCHORAGE, THE PILOT WAS IN CONTACT WITH ANCHORAGE APPROACH.  SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PILOT WAS CLEARED TO ANCHORAGE TOWER FOR HIS ARRIVAL INTO LAKE HOOD STRIP.  ANCHORAGE TOWER ASKED IF THE PILOT WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE STRIP AND HE SAID YES.THE PILOT OVERFLEW THE RUNWAY TO ESTABLISH HIS OFFSET FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 31.  HE INTENDED TO LAND AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND ROLL TO THE END AS THE RUNWAY WAS REPORTED WITH SNOW AND ICE.  AS HE APPROACHED THE BASE TURN, HE IDENTIFIED WHAT HE BELIEVED WERE THE RUNWAY LIGHTS FOR THE STRIP.  PILOT FELT THE MAIN GEAR CONTACT THE SNOW.  AS THE NOSE GEAR CONTACTED THE SNOW, THE NOSE BEGAN TO SINK AND SNOW FLOWED OVER THE COWLING.  THE PILOT DETERMINED THAT HE WAS NOT ON THE RUNWAY BUT HAD LANDED AT ANOTHER LOCATION.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO NOSE OVER UNDER IT FLIPPED ON THE TOP.  THE PILOT EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION OF THE AIRPLANE WITH HIS PASSENGERS.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## 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 ANC12CA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12CA023), Feb 20, 2012: Cessna 182A (N6147B), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent landing on a frozen lake in dark night conditions.

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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