# NTSB ANC82DAG59: Cessna 180, N2194Z, Missing Acft, AK, September 7, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: September 7, 1982, 00:00 local (08:00 UTC)
- Place: Missing Acft, AK
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 7, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69211
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC82DAG59
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69211/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DAG59

## Sequence of events

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

- Missing aircraft, unknown
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)

## Analysis

AIRCRAFT DISAPPEARED ON THIS FLIGHT OF 9/7/82. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED BUT IT IS BELIEVED PILOT WAS ON ROUND ROBIN FROM LAKE HOOD TO TWO LAKES AND RETURN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2194Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2194Z-1988-07-15), registration cancelled 1988-07-15, S/N 18051294 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180f) (registry code 2072614) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18051294
- Airframe hours: 6200
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470 265 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Robert E. Brooks Jr.
- Registered owner: Robert E. Brooks Jr.
- Departed: LAKE HOOD, AK
- Destination: TWO LAKES, AK

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, multi-engine sea, single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 2,500 total, 470 in this make and model, 2,330 as pilot in command, 70 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Lowest ceiling: 6,000 ft overcast

## Other investigations on N2194Z (2)

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.

- [NTSB ANC76DAH58](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76DAH58), Jul 29, 1976: Cessna 180 (N2194Z), Valdez, AK, substantial damage
- [NTSB ANC73AA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC73AA041), Feb 3, 1973: Cessna 180H (N2194Z), Bethel, AK, substantial damage

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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