# Accident 20190812015599A: Cessna 180H, Anchorage, AK, August 12, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2019, 18:25 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Lake Hood Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.1789° N, 149.9583° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1789&lon=-149.9583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91402, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91402-2022-06-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180H (registry code 2072618, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180H
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 691 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC19TA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC19TA044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190812015599A

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CONTACTED LAKE HOOD TOWER VIA RADIO (126.8) AND REQUESTED DEPARTURE ON THE LEFT WATERWAY RUNWAY WEST AT LAKE HOOD.  ATC CLEARED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FOR A NORMAL DEPARTURE WITH ATIS INFORMATION.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^REPLIED BACK TO TOWER INSTRUCTIONS AND DECLARED AN EXTERNAL LOAD THEN PROCEEDED FOR TAKEOFF.  RECORDED AIRPORT VIDEO DISPLAYS THE AIRCRAFT AIRBORNE AND IN A HIGH PITCH ATTITUDE UNTIL ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LOWERED THE NOSE.  ONCE THE NOSE WAS LOWERED, THE AIRMAN CLAIMED THAT HE WAS COMPLETELY BLINDED BY THE SUN AND WAS DISORIENTATED THEN LOSS CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE.  THE AIRPLANE WAS HEADED STRAIGHT FOR GULL ISLAND AS IT LOST ALTITUDE AND CRASHED.  THE FLOATPLANE?S RIGHT FLOAT HIT THE EASTSIDE OF THE ISLAND AND FLIPPED OVER.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD SECURED AN EXTERNAL LOAD (2? X 10? X 12? BOARD) ON THE RIGHT HAND MAIN STRUT ABOVE THE FLOAT.

## 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 ANC19TA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC19TA044), Aug 12, 2019: Cessna 180 (N91402), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain takeoff heading due to sun glare, which resulted in his inability to see an island adjacent to the water lane and subequent impact with the island.

## Other reports on N91402 (1)

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

- [Accident 19770112000959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770112000959A), Jan 12, 1977: Cessna 180H (N91402), Jal, NM, Substantial damage. Partial power loss. Acft landed for engine check. Accd occurred when pilot decided to takeoff again.

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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