# NTSB ANC70A0042: Cessna 180, N2733X, Kwigillingok, AK, November 16, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 16, 1969
- Place: Kwigillingok, AK · KWIGILLINGOK, AK
- Location: 59.8772° N, 163.1770° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kwigillingok, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.8772&lon=-163.1770&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 9, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180805
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC70A0042
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC70A0042

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2745  69/11/16 NR.KWIGILLINGOK,ALAS  CESSNA 180          CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1400                    N2733X              PX-  0  0  2  AIR TAXI-PASSG            AGE 29, 3770 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            2000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          KUSIELUK,ALAS               BETHEL,ALAS                 KWIGILLINGOK,ALAS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: MUSH                                              TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - ICY
           WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          CLEAR                                                    UNLIMITED
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          NONE                                                      10
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          340                                                       25
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR                                                      VFR
        REMARKS- TAIL WHEEL STRUCK SNOWBANK AT END OF FROZEN LAKE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2733X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2733X-2013-07-30), registration cancelled 2013-07-30, S/N 18051533, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180h) (registry code 2072618) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

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.

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