- Date
- September 23, 1976
- Place
- Kulik Lake, AK · KULIK LAKE, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4631UCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report October 29, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760923030599A
- Case key
- 155296
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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.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2656 76/9/23 KULIK LAKE,AK CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 400 TIME - 1400 N4631U PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 256 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP KULIK LAKE,AK ANCHORAGE,AK UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4631U
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4631U · 3
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NTSB ANC25FA001Accident · 1 fatalClass 3 · FieldPreliminary reportBig Lake, AKOn October 4, 2024, about 1730 Alaska daylight time, a float-equipped Cessna 180 airplane, N4631U, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident near Big Lake, Alaska. The pilot was fatally injured, and one passenger sustained serious…NTSB ANC08CA090Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportAnchorage, AKThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. Contributing to the accident was an inadvertent ground-loop.NTSB FTW70D0189Accident · No injuriesClosedLeeville, LA