# NTSB ANC76AA080: Cessna 180, N91249, Kwigillingok, AK, April 9, 1976

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: April 9, 1976
- 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: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 7 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 14, 1976
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 153246
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC76AA080
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76AA080

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N91249), registered now, S/N 18052023, built 1969 (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
- Airport: Kwigillingok

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19760409007519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760409007519A), Apr 9, 1976: Cessna 180H, Kwigillingok, AK, Substantial damage. Un accelerate due wet snow.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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