- Date
- February 18, 1981
- Place
- Chugiak, AK · CHUGIAK, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2661YCessna 180E
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810218007819A
- Case key
- 126810
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0410 81/2/18 CHUGIAK,AK CESSNA 180E CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 27, 1112 TIME - 1315 N2661Y PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 48 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MCCARTHY,AK ANCHORAGE,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2661Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 180E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.
Other investigations on N2661Y · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC83FAG08Accident · No injuriesFinal reportKenai, AKThe acft nosed over during takeoff roll. The pilot of the tailwheel acft pushed the yoke foward during the roll and thenreleased the pressure he said the tail of the acft came up too high and the pilot said he ould not overcome this action with back pressure…NTSB ANC80DAH14Accident · No injuriesClosedMccarthy, AKNTSB DEN67D0119Accident · Minor injuriesClosedHanksville, UTNTSB DEN66D0194Accident · No injuriesClosedWiterocks, UTNTSB DEN65D0031Accident · No injuriesClosedVernal, UT