- Date
- May 1, 1983, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kenai, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2661YCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Case key
- 4071
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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 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 on the yoke so he pulled off the acft power and the acft nosed over. The pilot reported gusty winds and wind shear. The investigator was unable to find any recorded gusty winds for a 4 hr period from 2 hrs before to 2 hrs after the accident. There was also no evidence of wind shear found. The acft was using runway 01 and the recorded wind was from 290 degrees at 9 KTS at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2661Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18051161
- Airframe hours
- 2,567
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard A. Faust
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1982 · 25 hours before
- Destination
- BGQ · Big Lake, AK
- Airport
- ENA · Kenai Muni., runway 1, 7,575 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 245 total · 20 in this make and model · 210 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 9 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 70 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
Other investigations on N2661Y · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.