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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 180J · Nenana, AK · September 15, 2014

Date: September 15, 2014 · 19:30 local
Place: Nenana, AK
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7801K
Reported as: Cessna 180J
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 17,000 total4,000 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

N7801KRegistered now · Cessna 180JS/N 18052735 · Built 1976 Airframe modelCessna 180J Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot was taking off from an airstrip next to toetack lake 30 miles south west of Nenana, AK when the right wing struck a small tree during climb out. The right outer two feet of the wing and landing light were damaged.

The pilot did not feel the impact of the tree and did not discover the damage to the aircraft till the next day. The pilot flew back to the strip he had taken off from in another airplane and found debris from the landing light lens and verifyied he had hit a tree.

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As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT WAS TAKING OFF FROM AN AIRSTRIP NEXT TO TOETACK LAKE 30 MILES SOUTH WEST OF NENANA, AK WHEN THE RIGHT WING STRUCK A SMALL TREE DURING CLIMB OUT. THE RIGHT OUTER TWO FEET OF THE WING AND LANDING LIGHT WERE DAMAGED.

THE PILOT DID NOT FEEL THE IMPACT OF THE TREE AND DID NOT DISCOVER THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT TILL THE NEXT DAY. THE PILOT FLEW BACK TO THE STRIP HE HAD TAKEN OFF FROM IN ANOTHER AIRPLANE AND FOUND DEBRIS FROM THE LANDING LIGHT LENS AND VERIFYIED HE HAD HIT A TREE.

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Other reports on N7801K · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 19780613012339ARoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Shreveport, LAJun 13, 1978 · Reported as Cessna 180E · Substantial damage