- Date
- March 21, 1986, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N46362Cessna 180J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860321007429A
- Case key
- 4644
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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
Performance data - not understoodCause
Aircraft handling - not maintainedCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Analysis
The pilot stated that during the takeoff roll he added power too fast for the takeoff. The pilot failed to compensate with rudder.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46362
- Reported as
- Cessna 180J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052421
- Airframe hours
- 3,854
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Perry K. Jones
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 25, 1985 · 53 hours before
- Destination
- KEK · Ekwok, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MRI · Merrill
N46362Registration cancelled Dec 11, 2012 · Cessna 180JAirframe modelCessna 180JEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 97 total · 15 in this make and model · 24 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MRI, 5 nm away
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 N46362 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.