# NTSB ANC88DAG07: Cessna T182RG, N738NR, Kenai, AK, August 22, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 22, 1988, 19:53 local (23:53 UTC)
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Coordinates: 57.790397, -152.400543 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.7904&lon=-152.4005&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 6, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4939
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC88DAG07
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4939/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC88DAG07

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - from landing
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - visual/aural perception, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - object - utility pole

## Analysis

THE PILOT WAS TAXIING THE CESSNA TO THE RAMP AREA WHEN THE AIRPLANE WING STRUCK A LIGHT POLE NEAR THE TERMINAL BUILDING. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT SEE THE LIGHT POLE BEFORE IMPACT AND THAT IT BLENDED IN WITH THE NATURAL SURROUNDINGS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N738NR](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N738NR-1992-05-13), registration cancelled 1992-05-13, S/N R18200946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T182RG
- Registry model: [Cessna TR182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (registry code 2072735) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18200946
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-L3C5D 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Hoogendijk, Fred J.
- Registered owner: Hoogendijk, Frederick H.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 15, 1988, 12 hours before
- Departed: ANI, ANIAK, AK
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: ENA, Kenai Muni, runway 19, 7,600 × 150 ft, macadam

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 61; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 3,800 total, 425 in this make and model, 3,680 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880822035139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880822035139A), Aug 22, 1988: Cessna 182, Kenai, AK, Substantial damage. A wing collided with a light pole at edge of ramp area.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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