# Accident 20170801015669A: Cessna 180, Skwentna, AK, August 1, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2017, 11:52 local time
- Place: Skwentna, AK
- Airport: Wasilla Ap
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.9236° N, 153.0236° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.9236&lon=-153.0236&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9455C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9455C-2020-09-04) (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: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 75 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA473](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA473) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170801015669A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS SEARCHING FOR LANDING SITES FOR HUNTING. WHILE AT 60 FOOT AGL, 80 KNOTS AIR SPEED, 20 DEGREES FLAPS, FLYING UP HILL. PILOT EXPERIENCED A DOWN DRAFT. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT AND STALLED THE AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON MAIN LANDING GEAR. UPON TOUCH DOWN FELT LIKE RIGHT MAIN TIRE POPPED AND DRAGGED AIRCRAFT INTO A 2 FOOT DEEP CHANNEL AND THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED UP ONTO IT'S NOSE. FUEL IMMEDIATELLY STARTED FLOWING DOWN THE WINDSCREEN ON TO THE HOT ENGINE. PILOT IMMEDIATELY EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT AND WITHIN 10 SECONDS THE AIRCRAFT CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS COMPLETLY ENGULFED.THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOTALLOY DESTROYED.

## 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 GAA17CA473](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA473), Aug 2, 2017: Cessna 180 (N9455C), Puntilla, AK, destroyed. Probable cause: The airplane’s encounter with a downdraft while maneuvering at a low altitude, which resulted in the exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack and a subsequent aerodynamic stall.

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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