- Date
- November 22, 1982, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Naknek, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2974CCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19821122059599A
- Case key
- 71821
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankmentFactor
Water loop/swerve - attemptedCause
Water loop/swerve - delayedCause
Gear collapsed
Landing gear - separationFactor
Analysis
During a power-on taxi turn the pilot reported he was about to strike a 6-FT embankment. The pilot added full power and flaps and the aircraft left the water, flew over an embankment, but the skis caught bushes on top of the bank. The landing gear was separated from the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2974C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 41248-4-A
- Airframe hours
- 3,944
- Engine
- Continental O-470-K, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Herbert Messer
- Registered owner
- Herbert Messer
- Departed
- 5NK · Naknek, AK
- Destination
- Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- 5NK · Naknek Seaplane, runway 9, 3,000 × 300 ft, ice
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 121 total · 62 in this make and model · 58 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 28 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 100 °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.