# Accident 20200615011589A: Cessna 180, Fairbanks, AK, June 15, 2020 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: June 15, 2020, 10:41 local time - Place: Fairbanks, AK - Airport: Pafa - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Approach - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 64.8294° N, 147.8294° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8294&lon=-147.8294&mi=10 - Aircraft: N3186D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3186D) (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: 3 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 1,502 total, 144 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC20LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC20LA060) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200615011589A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE 1955 CESSNA AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CHANDALAR LAKE ON JUNE 15, 2020 FOR FLIGHT TO FAIRBANKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WITH THREE SOULS ON BOARD. THE PILOT STATED THERE WAS 42 GALLONS OF FUEL ON-BOARD FOR THE 190 MILE FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT CRASHED SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET SHORT OF WATER WAY 20, IN THE THE CLEAR WAY NORTH OF THE FLOAT POND. ACCORDING TO FAIRBANKS AIRPORT POLICE REPORT (INCIDENT FA20000776), BY THE TIME EMERGENCY RESPONSE CREW ARRIVED ON SCENE ALL THREE OCCUPANTS HAD EXITED THE AIRCRAFT, AND DECLINED MEDICAL TREATMENT. THE PILOT STATED THE ENGINE LOST POWER, THE PROPELLER WAS WINDMILLING. NTSB (E.S) WAS NOTIFIED, AND AUTHORIZED THE AIRCRAFT TTO BE REMOVED FROM THE SCENE. JUNE 16, 2020, CMK INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AT ARCTIC AVIATION TIE DOWN AREA. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE HAD INCURRED, WITH THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT STUCK INTO THE GROUND BETWEEN THE FLOATS, THE RIGHT WING SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER TO THE GROUND THEN THE LEFT WING. ALL FLOAT ATTACH STUTS WERE BENT OR BROKEN. FUEL QUANTITY REMAINING WAS CHECKED BY SIPHONING OUT FUEL FROM THE 4 WING TANKS. GIVEN THE ANGLE OF THE AIRCRAFT NO FUEL COULD BE DRAINED FROM THE WING TANK SUMPS. IT IS LOGICAL TO ASSUME MUCH OF THE ON-BOARD FUEL DRAINED INTO THE LOWEST POINT, THE RIGHT OUTBOARD TANK, OVERNIGHT. CLEAN BLUE FUEL WAS RECOVERED BY SIPHON AS FOLLOWS: LEFT OUTBOARD (AUX) 0 GALS. LEFT INBOARD (MAIN) 2.5 GALS. RIGHT INBOARD (MAIN) 3.0 GALS RIGHT OUTBOARD (AUX) 10 GALS THE MAINS ARE BLADDERS AND HOLD 30 GALS. EA./ 60 GALS. TOTAL / 5 GALS. UNUSABLE THE AUXS ARE HARTWIG STC PLASTIC TANKS AND ARE PLACARDED 18.1 GALS EA. /36.2 TOTAL/ ALL USEABLE. THERE WAS FUEL IN THE FIREWALL DRAIN SUMP; TWO SMALL PEARLS OF WATER WAS OBSERVED IN THE FUEL COLLECTION CUP. THE PIC WAS COOPERATIVE, BUT NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE MUCH INFORMATION.THE NARRATIVE FROM PIC: ?ENGINE FAILURE ON FINAL, COULD NOT GLIDE TO POND, CONTROLLED TOUCHDOWN ON GRASS.? INVESTIGATION WAS DELAYED UNTIL A ENGINE -RUN INSPECTION COULD BE MADE BY NTSB. ON JULY 16, 2020 WINGS AND TAIL REMOVED FROM AIRCRAFT PREPARATORY FOR REPOSITIONING TO ANC FOR ENGINE RUN UP, SO WITH NTSB CONCURRENCE THE CARBURETOR BOWL FUEL AND IN-LINE FUEL SCREEN WAS INSPECTED BY CMK AND FD FROM ARCTIC AVIATION. NO SIGNIFICANT DEBRIS WAS NOTED IN HOSE SCREEN, AND APPROX. 8 OZ OF CLEAN FUEL WAS DRAINED FROM THE CARBURETOR BOWL. CARBURETOR BOWL PLUG AND IN-LINE FILTER WERE RE-INSTALLED. ON NOVEMBER 4, CMK WAS NOTIFIED BY NTSB THAT THE ENGINE RUN WAS SUCCESSFUL WITH NO MECHANICAL ABNORMALITIES NOTED. ## 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 ANC20LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC20LA060), Jun 15, 2020: Cessna 180 (N3186D), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to utilize carburetor heat while flying in conditions conducive carburetor to icing, which resulted in a total loss of engine power. ## Other reports on N3186D (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 19900628022809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900628022809A), Jun 28, 1990: Cessna 180 (N3186D), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Bounced on landing,lost control,ground looped and flipped inverted. - [Accident 19851227065949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851227065949A), Dec 27, 1985: Cessna 180 (N3186D), Homer, AK, Substantial damage. Lost directional control during landing and ground looped. 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. 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