- Date
- June 19, 1986, 14:57 local (22:57 UTC)
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2393CCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860619026669A
- Case key
- 4682
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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 plt reported that a loud bang was heard at an alt of about 25 ft AGL shortly after takeoff. The acft settled to the rwy and pwr was regained. The acft then veered off the left side of the rwy and nosed over. Post accident inspection revealed maintenance personnel who overhauled the fuel selector valve to remedy a leak reassembled the unit incorrectly. The owner and pilot did not insist on the valve problem being remedied.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2393C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30693
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Juan Paul Robertson
- Registered owner
- Kathryn R. Congdon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 16, 1985 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- FAI · Fairbanks, AK
- Destination
- FAI · Fairbanks, AK
- Airport
- FAI · Fairbanks, runway 19L, 3,600 × 50 ft, gravel
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 65 total · 5 in this make and model · 37 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAI, 4 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 N2393C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.