# Accident 20160902015849A: Cessna 180, Yakutat, AK, September 2, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2016, 17:00 local time
- Place: Yakutat, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.7122° N, 140.3481° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.7122&lon=-140.3481&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54AF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54AF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 14,300 total, 990 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA474](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA474) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160902015849A

## Narrative

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

DESCRIPTION:

ON SEPTEMBER 2ND 2016 AT ABOUT 1700 LOCAL TIME, A PRIVATELY OWNED CESSNA 180, N54AF, WITH ONE PILOT AND NO PASSENGERS MADE A SHORT PART 91 FLIGHT FROM A HUNTING CAMP TO THE LOCATION OF A MOOSE HUNTING AREA LOCATED IN A FIELD NEXT TO ESKER CREEK IN THE WRANGELL ? ST ELIAS NATIONAL PARK & PRESERVE. THE CESSNA FLIPPED OVER ON LANDING.  THE LANDING AREA IS APPROXIMATELY THIRTY MILES NORTHWEST OF YAKUTAT ALASKA.  THE FLIGHT WAS THE LAST OF THREE THAT DAY TO THE SAME UNIMPROVED LANDING AREA AND ITS PURPOSE WAS TO RETRIEVE MOOSE MEAT AND A FRIEND THAT HAD BEEN OUT HUNTING THAT DAY.  AFTER TOUCHING DOWN AND ROLLING ABOUT 250 FEET THE CESSNA?S LARGE TUNDRA TIRES PASSED THROUGH A PUDDLE OF WATER AND BOTH TIRES GRABBED IN THE PUDDLE.  AS THE AIRCRAFT RAPIDLY DEACCELERATED IT STOOD UP ON ITS NOSE AND FLIPPED OVER WITH THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE GROUND.  THE TOP OF THE RUDDER AND EMPENNAGE WERE ALSO HEAVILY DAMAGED AS THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OVER.  THE PILOT WAS NOT HURT AND WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT UNASSISTED.  THERE WAS NO POST ACCIDENT FIRE. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REPORTED CLEAR CONDITIONS IN THE AREA WITH LITTLE WIND.  THE PILOT CONFIRMED THERE WAS NO WIND WITH CLEAR SKIES OVER THE LANDING FIELD.  DUE TO THE SUBSTANTIAL NATURE OF THE DAMAGE THE NTSB CLASSIFIED THE EVENT AS AN ACCIDENT.  NEITHER THE NTSB OR THE FAA TRAVELED TO THE SCENE.

## 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 GAA16CA474](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA474), Sep 3, 2016: Cessna 180 (N54AF), Yakutat, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate inspection of the off-airport landing area, which resulted in an encounter with standing water and a nose over.

## Other reports on N54AF (1)

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

- [Incident 20180504004649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180504004649I), May 4, 2018: Cessna 180 (N54AF), Talkeetna, AK, Minor damage. Pilot stated that he had only about 27 hours total in the C180 series aircraft and meet the minimum recency flight experience for carrying passengers, 3…

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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