- Date
- March 23, 1985, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kenai, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N91224Cessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850323010759A
- Case key
- 4473
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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 collided with a snow bank during a forced lndg after the eng went to idle pwr during takeoff. The rt wing contacted the snow bank & turned the acft so that the eng cowling was also damaged. The only malfunction noted during the investigation was contamination of fuel samples from the fuel lines & left fuel tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91224
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052010
- Airframe hours
- 925
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard Boudreau
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 23, 1985 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- ENA · Kenai, AK
- Airport
- ENA · Kenai, runway 1, 7,600 × 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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 261 total · 138 in this make and model · 225 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 28 °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.
Other investigations on N91224 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.