# Incident 20200702005309I: Cessna 180, Kantishna, AK, July 2, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 2020, 10:50 local time
- Place: Kantishna, AK
- Airport: Kantishna
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 63.5410° N, 150.9951° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KANTISHNA (5Z5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.5410&lon=-150.9951&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9306C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9306C) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 679 total, 568 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200702005309I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE AND PASSENGER DEPARTED WOLF LAKE TO KANTISHNA FOLLOWING DENALI PARK ROAD.  20 MILES OUT OF KANTISHNA THE FLIGHT ENCOUNTERED A FOG BANK WITH LIGHT RAIN.  PILOT TURNED THE AIRCRAFT AROUND TO HEAD BACK BUT WEATHER HAD MOVED IN BEHIND THEM.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER DECIDED THEY NEEDED TO PUT AIRCRAFT DOWN.  AS THE RAIN INTENSIFIED THE PASSENGER OBSERVED A GREEN PATCH OF TUNDRA, LONG ENOUGH TO LAND.  THE PILOT PUT AIRCRAFT DOWN ON THE TUNDRA.  WHILE ON ROLL OUT NOTICED A DROP OFF SO PILOT APPLIED HEAVY BREAK.  AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER ONTO THE PROPELLER AND CAME TO A STOP.

## Other reports on N9306C (1)

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

- [Accident 20001007041969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001007041969A), Oct 7, 2000: Cessna 180 (N9306C), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot stated that as he started a southeasterly takeoff run, using the southeast water line of lake Hood, the airplane's acceleration seemed slower than…

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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