- Date
- May 29, 1987, 10:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Naknek, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2940CCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870529017169A
- Case key
- 4852
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The private pilot elected to land at an abandoned arpt on an unmaintained dirt taxiway adjoining the gravel rwy inorder to reduce the crosswind component. The acft hit a soft spot during the landing roll and nosed over. The U.S. Dept of commerce's Alaska aviation supplement contains the following notation regarding the rwy: 'rwy condition not monitered, recommend visual inspection prior to using; 1100 foot extension is road and taxiway joining two runways not classified as part of runways.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2940C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30840
- Airframe hours
- 3,230
- Engine
- Continental O-470-K, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Monte B. Smith
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 5, 1987 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- AKN · King Salmon, AK
- Destination
- WSN · Naknek, AK
- Airport
- WSN · South Naknek No. 2
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 101 total · 41 in this make and model · 61 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 34 °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 N2940C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.