# Accident 20120930023279A: Cessna 182A, Port Lions, AK, September 30, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2012, 20:30 local time
- Place: Port Lions, AK
- Airport: Port Lions
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 57.6536° N, 152.9372° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.6536&lon=-152.9372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2028G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2028G-2022-12-14) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,724 total, 1,295 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC12CA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12CA115) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120930023279A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM SHOTGUN LAKE. AIRCRAFT COULD NOT PRODUCE ENOUGH AIR SPEED TO LIFT OFF. AIRCRAFT RAN AGROUND ON FLOATS AND FLIPPED OVER.

## 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 ANC12CA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12CA115), Oct 1, 2012: Cessna 182A (N2028G), Port Lions, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to take off with ice- and snow-contaminated wings.

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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