# Accident 20220823014999A: Cessna 180D, Egegik, AK, August 23, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2022, 13:02 local time
- Place: Egegik, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 58.0853° N, 156.8976° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.0853&lon=-156.8976&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6455X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6455X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180D (registry code 2072610, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180D
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 22,700 total, 2,300 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR22LA326](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA326) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220823014999A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 23, 2022, A CESSNA 180 SEAPLANE N6455X IMPACTED THE WATER RESULTING FROM A LOSS OF CONTROL DURING TAKEOFF FROM EGEGIK RIVER LAGOON NEAR BECHAROF LAKE (APPROX 20 MI ESE OF EGEGIK, ALASKA).  THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT (ATP) AND THREE PASSENGERS ESCAPED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

THE PILOT STATED HE WAS PERFORMING THE SECOND TAKEOFF OF THE DAY WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.  HE STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS PROPERLY LOADED WITHIN CENTER OF GRAVITY (CG) LIMITS AND WAS PROPERLY TRIMMED FOR TAKEOFF.  HE ESTIMATED THE WIND DURING THE PREVIOUS WATER LANDING WAS 15 MILES PER HOUR AND HAD INCREASED TO 20 MILES PER HOUR BY THE TIME THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED. HE WITNESSED WHITE CAP WAVES ON THE WATER AND STATED HE TOOK OFF INTO THE WIND WITH NO CROSSWIND.  HE STATED THAT SHORTLY AFTER LIFTOFF FROM THE WATER, A STRONG GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO ROLL SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT AND HIS CORRECTIVE CONTROL INPUTS DID NOT COMPLETELY STOP THE ROLL.  THE RIGHT WINGTIP CONTACTED THE WATER SURFACE AND THE AIRCRAFT THEN CARTWHEELED COMING TO REST INVERTED. THE RIGHT WING WAS SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  THE MAIN WRECKAGE OF THE AIRCRAFT SANK IN APPROXIMATELY SIX FEET OF WATER ABOUT 500 YARDS FROM SHORE.  THE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS ESCAPED THE AIRCRAFT THROUGH THE LEFT SIDE CABIN DOOR AND REMAINED WITH THE AIRCRAFT UNTIL ANOTHER SEAPLANE LANDED TO OFFER ASSISTANCE.  THE PILOT ESTIMATED THAT HE AND THE PASSENGERS WERE IN THE WATER FOR 45 MINUTES TO ONE HOUR. THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS WERE FLOWN TO A LOCAL FISHING LODGE FOLLOWING RESCUE.  DUE TO THE REMOTE LOCATION OF THE AIRCRAFT, NO FAA ON-SITE EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE WAS PERFORMED.

## 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 WPR22LA326](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA326), Aug 23, 2022: Cessna 180 (N6455X), Egegik, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff from a lake.

## Other reports on N6455X (1)

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

- [Accident 19860711037549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860711037549A), Jul 11, 1986: Cessna 180D (N6455X), Skwentna, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot failed to check wheels up prior to landing amphibian aircraft. Aircraft flipped over on water landing.

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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