- Date
- November 11, 1988, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Meshik Lake, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N420SBCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19881111050359A
- Case key
- 5146
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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 pilot was attempting to takeoff from an unimproved landing area with two hunter-friends. He stated that the aircraft bounced three times, reached an altitude of about four feet, then hit the ten-foot high trees at the departure end of the area and nosed over. He thought the unsuccessful takeoff might have been caused by the headwind changing to a tailwind during takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N420SB
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052313
- Airframe hours
- 3,353
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bobby L. Graham
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 31, 1988 · 94 hours before
- Departed
- Meshik Lake, AK
- Destination
- AKN · King Salmon, AK
- Airport
- Strip
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,559 total · 1,115 in this make and model · 2,555 as pilot in command · 161 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °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 N420SB · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.