# Accident 20250704011309A: Cessna 180J, Brooks Camp, AK, July 4, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2025, 14:00 local time
- Place: Brooks Camp, AK
- Airport: Lake Brooks Seaplane Base
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 58.5548° N, 155.7770° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Lake Brooks Seaplane Base (5Z9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.5548&lon=-155.7770&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52009, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52009) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180J (registry code 2072622, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180J
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 4
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 22,064 total, 97 in this make and model, 265 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250704011309A

## Narrative

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

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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N52009 (1)

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

- [Accident 19760623017469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760623017469A), Jun 23, 1976: Cessna 180J (N52009), Bayon Pigeon, LA, Substantial damage

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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