- Date
- November 16, 1971
- Place
- Gulkana, AK · GULKANA, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2757XCessna 180H
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164852
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4359 71/11/16 NR.GULKANA,ALAS CESSNA 180H CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 4000 TIME - 1530 N2757X PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 2000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GULKANA,ALAS LAKE LOUISE,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- TKOF ON FROZEN LAKE,WATER OVERFLOW SLOWED TKOF RUN.L WING HIT TREE DRG CLB,CRASH LNDD SOFT SNW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2757X
- Reported as
- Cessna 180H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2757XRegistration cancelled Jun 17, 2023 · Cessna 180HAirframe modelCessna 180HEngine modelContinental O-470 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N2757X · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.