# Incident 20190322001779I: Cessna 182D, Atqasuk, AK, March 22, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 2019, 19:45 local time
- Place: Atqasuk, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 70.4692° N, 157.3994° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atqasuk, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=70.4692&lon=-157.3994&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8849X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8849X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182D (registry code 2072710, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 300 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190322001779I

## Narrative

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

APPROXIMATELY 1800 LOCAL THE OWNER CHECKED ON PLANE AND SHOVELED DRIFTED SNOW FROM TIEDOWN AREA, THEN BEGAN A CHECK FOR DRIFTS ON THE TAXIWAY AND RUNWAY. HE WANTED TO ENSURE THERE WERE NO DRIFTS THAT WOULD STOP HIM FROM TAKING OFF IF THE WEATHER CLEARED. THE WEATHER WAS APPROX. WIND AT 30KTS AT 050 AND CEILING OF 600. WALKED FROM THE TIEDOWN AREA AND CHECKED THE APRON AND TAXIWAY, THEN WALKED APPROX. 500 FEET DOWN 06 FROM THE TAXIWAY AND SAW NO DRIFTS. HE HEADED BACK TO THE AIRPLANE AND WARMED UP THE ENGINE. RATHER THAN WALKING OUT IN THE WIND AND SNOW DECIDED TO TAXI OUT TO THE FULL LENGTH OF RUNWAY 06 AS HE HAD ONLY CHECKED THE LAST FEW HUNDRED FEET. THE WX WAS STILL 1/4 MILE AND I HAD NO INTENTION OF FLIGHT. NEARING THE END OF THE TAXIWAY HE ENCOUNTERED A SMALL DRIFT THAT CAUSED THE AIRPLANE TO NOSE DOWN A BIT AND THE WIND PICKED UP THE TAIL AND FLIPPED THE AIRPLANE OVER ONTO THE EDGE OF THE TAXIWAY. THIS WAS APPROX. 1945. ONLY THE PILOT WAS ON BOARD AND THERE WERE NO WITNESSES AT THE AIRPORT. HE REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO FAA REPORTING LINE AND NTSB.

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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