- Date
- September 7, 1985, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Egegik, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N420SBCessna 180-J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850907048739A
- Case key
- 4568
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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Terrain condition - softFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - poorCause
ComplacencyCause
Inadequate certification/approval,airman
Weather condition - tailwindCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
ComplacencyCause
Inadequate certification/approval,aircraft
Weather condition - high windCause
Nose over
Weather condition - tailwindCause
Compensation for wind conditions - poorCause
ComplacencyCause
Weather condition - high windCause
Analysis
Acft nosed over while taxiing for takeoff from a dry lake bed. He was taxiing with a 35 to 40 kt tailwind.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N420SB
- Reported as
- Cessna 180-J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052313
- Airframe hours
- 2,745
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R35, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ronald P. Weener
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1984
- Destination
- 5NK · Naknek, AK
- Airport
- Lake Bed
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
- 36
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,527 total · 239 in this make and model · 1,329 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 35 knots, gusting 40
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point -0 °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 N420SB · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC99LA042Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportIliamna, AKThe improper installation of the main landing gear attaching bolt by maintenance personnel, which resulted in total failure of the bolt and collapse of the landing gear.NTSB ANC91LA073Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPilot Point, AKFuel exhaustion, due to the Pilot's inadequate preflight. Contributing to the accident was the soft and rough terrain.NTSB ANC89LA016Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMeshik Lake, AKThe pilot was attempting to takeoff from an unimproved landing area with two hunter-friends. He stated that the aircraft bounced three times, reached an altitude of about four feet, then hit the ten-foot high trees at the departure end of the area and nosed…NTSB ANC89LA001Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportWasilla, AKDrg arrival to land on a lake at night, the plt began a 180 deg turn from a NE heading at aprx 500' AGL to a final apch on a sw heading. As the acft was in the turn, it began losing altitude rapidly. The plt applied power to stop the descent, but the acft…