# Accident 20120901021679A: Cessna 180, Kenai, AK, September 1, 2012 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: September 1, 2012, 15:30 local time - Place: Kenai, AK - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 60.5618° N, 151.2105° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kenai, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5618&lon=-151.2105&mi=10 - Aircraft: N67178 (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 180 - Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Airline transport - Pilot flight hours: 11,800 total, 90 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120901021679A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. 09/02/2012THE PILOT OF A CESSNA 180 WAS ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT FROM MERRILL FIELD TO THE KUSTATAN RIVER, WITH HIS SON TO DO SOME FISHING. THE PILOT LANDED ON A SMALL SAND LANDING STRIP ALONG THE RIVER. UPON ROLL OUT THE MAIN GEAR HIT A STUMP THAT HAD WORKED ITS WAY TO THE SURFACE. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLOWING THE MAIN TIRE HIT THE STUMP WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO ROLL SLOWLY OVER ON ITS BACK, (THE TOP OF THE FUSELAGE). THE PILOT AND HIS SON WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.09/18/2012ACCORDING TO THE PILOT OF THE CESSNA 180, THE WEATHER WAS VFR AND THE WINDS WERE LIGHT. THE APPROACH TOWARDS THE LANDING STRIP WAS STABLE AND AIRSPEED WAS NORMAL. DURING THE POST FLIGHT OBSERVATION THE PILOT NOTICED A STUMP THAT ABRUPTLY BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT TO A STOP. THE STUMP HAD APPARENTLY BEEN CUT AND CLEARED BELOW THE SURFACE AND HAD WORKED ITS WAY BACK UP TO THE SURFACE. THE PILOT HAD A SATELLITE PHONE AND CALLED A COMPANY THAT WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA TO PICK HIM AND HIS SON UP.09/02/2012THE PILOT AND HIS SON WERE PICKED UP BY TWO PILOTS OF A DEHAVILLAND TURBINE OTTER FLOAT PLANE. THE FLOAT PLANE PILOTS LANDED THE TURBINE OTTER IN KUSTATAN SLEW WHERE THE OWNER KEEPS BOATS AT FOR FISHING. THE OWNER PICKED UP THE PILOT AND SON IN A BOAT ON THE KUSTATAN RIVER AND TRANSPORTED THEM TO THE FLOAT PLANE AT KUSTATAN SLEW. THE PILOTS OF THE TURBINE OTTER FLEW THE PILOT AND HIS SON TO ISLAND LAKE AT NIKISKI ALASKA. THE FLIGHT TO ISLAND LAKE WAS UNEVENTFUL.09/20/2012THE OWNER OF THE TURBINE OTTER FLOAT PLANE STATED THAT THEY HAD FLOWN OVER THE SAND RUNWAY ALONG SIDE OF THE KUSTATAN RIVER AND FOUND THAT THE STRIP HAD NOT BEEN USED FOR SOMETIME AND THAT VEGETATION HAD GROWN OVER MOST OF THE LANDING AREA. THE OWNER OF THE FLOAT PLANE STATED THAT HE WOULD NOT HAVE LANDED A WHEEL PLANE ON THE SAND RUNWAY BECAUSE IT WAS OVERGROWN AND IN HIS OPINION HAD NOT BEEN USED SINCE THE 1980'S. ## 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 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.