- Date
- September 5, 1988, 12:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Chickaloonflats, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2989KCessna 180K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880905036839A
- Case key
- 5066
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 - none suitableFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - not identifiedCause
Nose over
Analysis
On touchdown off shore on the mud flats, the pilot lost complete control of the airplane. The airplane then nosed over on its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2989K
- Reported as
- Cessna 180K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18053152
- Airframe hours
- 860
- Engine
- Continental O-470M, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Adams, David
- Registered owner
- Adams, David
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 18, 1988 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- Anchorage, AK
N2989KRegistration cancelled Sep 4, 2003 · Cessna 180KAirframe modelCessna 180KEngine 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 587 total · 432 in this make and model · 466 as pilot in command · 41 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 46 °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.