- Date
- October 21, 1988, 17:00 local (Oct 22, 1988, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Seldovia, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N820AKCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19881021047809A
- Case key
- 5141
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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 private pilot was attempting to land his Cessna 180 airplane on the beach near Seldovia, AK. The main landing gear encountered a soft spot during the landing roll, and the airplane nosed over. Afterward, the pilot elected to fly the airplane to its home base 150 miles from the accident site without obtaining a ferry permit or having the airplane examined by a certified airplane mechanic. The airplane had sustained major structural damage to the wing spar and fuselage. The pilot did not report the accident until questioned by the NTSB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N820AK
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052892
- Airframe hours
- 1,050
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cottrell, David J., doing business as D. J. Rentals
- Registered owner
- D. J. Rentals
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 5, 1988 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 734 total · 573 in this make and model · 50 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F
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 N820AK · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.