# NTSB ANC88LA130: Cessna 182TD, N5369B, September Lake, AK, September 6, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 6, 1988, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: September Lake, AK
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 8, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 5071
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC88LA130
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/5071/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC88LA130

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run

## Analysis

THE 202 HOUR PRIVATE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO TAKEOFF IN A CESSNA 182 CONVERTED TO A CONVENTIONAL CONFIGURATION (TAILDRAGGER) FROM AN OFF-AIRPORT SITE IN RURAL ALASKA. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT A STRONG, GUSTY CROSSWIND PUSHED THE AIRPLANE OFF THE INTENDED TRACK EARLY IN THE TAKEOFF ROLL. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, AND THE AIRPLANE WENT DOWN A SMALL HILL AND RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5369B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5369B-2013-08-15), registration cancelled 2013-08-15, S/N 33369, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182TD
- Registry model: [Cessna 182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (registry code 2072702) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 33369
- Airframe hours: 2779
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-L 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Dykema, Richard E.
- Registered owner: Alaskan Peninsula Outfitlers
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 16, 1988, 82 hours before
- Destination: 5NK, NAKNEK, AK

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 202 total, 145 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days, 58 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 50 °F

## 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 19880906041339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880906041339A), Sep 6, 1988: Cessna 182, September Lake, AK, Substantial damage. Lost control departing a rough unimproved strip. Plane ran off strip and down a hill. Pilot blamed gusty crosswinds.

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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