# NTSB ANC82DA025: Cessna 180, N9464C, Mcgrath, AK, March 10, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: March 10, 1982, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Mcgrath, AK
- Coordinates: 63.60976, -154.779525 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.6098&lon=-154.7795&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 10, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71624
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC82DA025
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71624/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DA025

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff - initial climb
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,wind direction indicator - unavailable (contributing factor)
  - wind information - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snow covered (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - downdraft (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - high obstruction(s) (contributing factor)
  - tie down - not obtained, pilot in command

## Analysis

THE PILOT REPORTED THERE WAS NO WIND ON THE GROUND.HOWEVER,IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF HE ENCOUNTERED A DOWNDRAFT WHICH WOULD NOT ALLOW HIM TO CLEAR TREES AT THE END OF THE AIRSTRIP.TAKEOFF WAS ON RUNWAY 5.WIND REPORTED BY FAREWELL,AK,LOCATED 19MI NW OF THE ACCIDENT SITE,WAS 240/15.TATITNA IS AN ABANDONED,NON-MAINTAINED STRIP IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.THERE WERE NINE UNSECURED DOGS ONBOARD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9464C](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9464C), registered now, S/N 31862, built 1955 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 31862
- Airframe hours: 2600
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470J 225 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Fredrick D Herman
- Registered owner: Fredrick D Herman
- Departed: 73 EAST MCGRATH, AK
- Destination: MCG, MCGRATH, AK
- Airport: Tatitna Airstrip, runway 5, 1,500 × 50 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 1,400 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 50 as pilot in command, 50 in the last 90 days, 50 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 82 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19820310003369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820310003369A), Mar 10, 1982: Cessna 180, Mcgrath, AK, Substantial damage. Unable to climb after takeoff due to windshear. Crashed into trees and brush. 1500 foot strip. Near gross weight.

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

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