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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 180 · Soldotna, AK · September 13, 2018

Date
September 13, 2018 · 14:15 local
Place
Soldotna, AK
Airport
Soldotna
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N68PX
Reported as
Cessna 180
Reported engine
Continental O-470 series
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
6,600 total800 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

On September 13, 2018 at approximately 2:15 pm local time, N68PX, a Cessna CE-180, experienced a loss of engine power resulting in an off airport landing in a marsh area approximately 4 NM southeast of Soldotna, AK. The aircraft came to rest inverted and partially submerged but received only minor damage. There were four people on board the aircraft at the time of the incident with no injuries reported. Conditions at the time of the incident were clear with light winds.

As the FAA filed it

ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 2:15 PM LOCAL TIME, N68PX, A CESSNA CE-180, EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER RESULTING IN AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING IN A MARSH AREA APPROXIMATELY 4 NM SOUTHEAST OF SOLDOTNA, AK. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED AND PARTIALLY SUBMERGED BUT RECEIVED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE. THERE WERE FOUR PEOPLE ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WITH NO INJURIES REPORTED. CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WERE CLEAR WITH LIGHT WINDS.