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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 180J · Brooks Camp, AK · July 4, 2025

Date
July 4, 2025 · 14:00 local
Place
Brooks Camp, AK
Airport
Lake Brooks Seaplane Base
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N52009
Reported as
Cessna 180J
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
4
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
22,064 total97 in this make and model265 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.

Pilot stated in a written report that he was on base leg and had slowed the aircraft to 80-90 knots and had 20 degrees of flaps out and was maneuvering to land, pilot has no recollection of what happened after that till he was in a truck talking to park rangers. The pilot told the NTSB investigator; he thought he may have been 50 pounds over gross weight.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED IN A WRITTEN REPORT THAT HE WAS ON BASE LEG AND HAD SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO 80-90 KNOTS AND HAD 20 DEGREES OF FLAPS OUT AND WAS MANEUVERING TO LAND, PILOT HAS NO RECOLLECTION OF WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT TILL HE WAS IN A TRUCK TALKING TO PARK RANGERS. THE PILOT TOLD THE NTSB INVESTIGATOR; HE THOUGHT HE MAY HAVE BEEN 50 POUNDS OVER GROSS WEIGHT.

Other reports on N52009 · 1

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