- Date
- January 2, 1982, 00:00 local (04:00 UTC)
- Place
- Skwenta, AK
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N7641ACessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 2, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820102000639A
- Case key
- 72628
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The aircraft departed finger lake at approximately 1000 ast for a short ice fishing trip to fish lakes. The aircraft never returned and a search was started. The wreckage was located near the kahiltna river about 5 miles from the intended destination on 1/11/82.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7641A
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32538
- Airframe hours
- 3,499
- Engine
- Continental O-470K, 265 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Larry A Kuhn
- Registered owner
- Larry A Kuhn
- Departed
- Wasilla, AK
- Destination
- Skwentna, AK
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Invalid Medical for flight
- Flight hours
- 600 total · 155 in this make and model · 21 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 7° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 32 °F
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 N7641A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.