# Incident 20120609012729I: Cessna 182, Anchorage, AK, June 9, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2012, 11:40 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Lake Hood
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.1866° N, 149.9654° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE HOOD (LHD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1866&lon=-149.9654&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5575B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5575B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 648 total, 102 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120609012729I

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN WAS CLEARED TO TAXI FOR A WEST DEPARTURE AT THE LAKE HOOD SEAPLANE BASE. HE WAS THEN CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF BEHIND AN AIRPLANE THAT HAD JUST LIFTED OFF. BEFORE BEGINNING HIS TAKEOFF THE LAKE HOOD TOWER CHANGED DEPARTURE DIRECTIONS TO EAST. THE AIRMAN STATED THAT HE NOTICED THE BREEZE HAD CHANGED DIRECTIONS AND WAS OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST AND CONSIDERED REQUESTING TO CHANGE HIS DEPARTURE ROUTE, BUT AFTER SEEING THE AIRCRAFT IN FRONT OF HIM LIFT OFF WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS DECIDED TO GO AHEAD WITH A WEST DEPARTURE. THE AIRMAN STATED THAT HIS AIRCRAFT DID NOT GET AIRBORNE UNTIL AFTER HE REACHED GULL ISLAND, AND AT THAT TIME HE FELT THE AIRPLANE SIDE SLIP TOWARD THE ISLAND AND LOSE LIFT. THE RIGHT FLOAT COME DOWN ON THE VERY EDGE OF GULL ISLAND, HIT THE SURFACE AND BOUNCED BACK INTO THE WATER AT WHICH TIME HE ABORTED THE TAKEOFF.

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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