- Date
- September 7, 1978
- Place
- Talkeetna, AK · TALKEETNA, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9929NCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report December 18, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780907033819A
- Case key
- 139275
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3303 78/9/7 NR.TALKEETNA,AK CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 800 TIME - 1800 N9929N PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 245 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DANIKA LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DANIKA LAKE,AK RETURN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9929N
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Danika Lake
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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.