- Date
- June 25, 1989, 20:00 local (Jun 26, 1989, 04:00 UTC)
- Place
- Naknek, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2435FCessna 180H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890625018199A
- Case key
- 5210
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Probable cause
The pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing area.
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
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2435F
- Reported as
- Cessna 180H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 180-51635
- Airframe hours
- 10,325
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Armstrong, Neil C.
- Registered owner
- Richard K Armstrong
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 2, 1988 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- DLG · Dillingham, AK
- Airport
- NONE, runway 15, 2,500 × 50 ft, dirt
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 6,500 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 6,500 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °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 N2435F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.