20220812014489A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 180 · Wasilla, AK · August 12, 2022

Date
August 12, 2022 · 15:30 local
Place
Wasilla, AK
Airport
Anderson Lake Airport
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6577A
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC22LA068
Reported as
Cessna 180
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
10,000 total1,000 in this make and model156 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.

The pilot departed Anderson lake for a pleasure flight with what he thought was three hours of fuel. At approximately two hours into the flight, the aircraft engine stopped and the pilot was forced to initiate an emergency off airport landing.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT DEPARTED ANDERSON LAKE FOR A PLEASURE FLIGHT WITH WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS THREE HOURS OF FUEL. AT APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS INTO THE FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE STOPPED AND THE PILOT WAS FORCED TO INITIATE AN EMERGENCY OFF AIRPORT LANDING.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.