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NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 180 · Kwigillingok, AK · April 9, 1976

Accident · Serious injuriesClosed
Date
April 9, 1976
Place
Kwigillingok, AK · KWIGILLINGOK, AK
Injuries
1 serious, 7 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Aircraft
N91249Cessna 180
Status
Completed · report April 14, 1976
Report
Brief approved by the director
FAA report
19760409007519A
Case key
153246

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NTSB brief

NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0464   76/4/9    KWIGILLINGOK,AK     CESSNA 180          CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 1530
        TIME - 1100                    N91249              PX-  0  1  6  AIR TAXI-PASSG            TOTAL HOURS, 1505 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - KWIGILLINGOK
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          BETHEL,AK                   RETURN                       KWIGILLINGOK,AK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK                                  TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY
        REMARKS- UN ACCELERATE DUE WET SNOW.

Aircraft

Registration
N91249
Reported as
Cessna 180
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Kwigillingok

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FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.