# NTSB ANC83LA016: Cessna 180, N2974C, Naknek, AK, November 22, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 22, 1982, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Naknek, AK
- Coordinates: 58.800071, -156.899108 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.8001&lon=-156.8991&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 22, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71821
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC83LA016
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71821/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83LA016

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, taxi - to takeoff
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)
  - water loop/swerve - attempted, pilot in command (cause)
  - water loop/swerve - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- Gear collapsed, taxi - to takeoff
  - landing gear - separation (contributing factor)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 41248-4-A
- Airframe hours: 3944
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 40; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821122059599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821122059599A), Nov 22, 1982: Cessna 180, Naknek, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot was attempting to position aircraft for takeoff on frozen lake, could not make turn and crashed into bank.

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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