- Date
- September 25, 1989, 10:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Redoubt Bay, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N180KACessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890925035979A
- Case key
- 5269
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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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the pilot. Factors related to the accident were: the unfavorable runway and terrain conditions.
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.
Overrun
Planning/decision - improperCause
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - softFactor
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wetFactor
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - high vegetationFactor
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Lift-off - initiated
Terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankmentFactor
Climb - not possible
Nose over
Aircraft
- Registration
- N180KA
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052263
- Airframe hours
- 6,379
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- South Central Air
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · September 8, 1989 · 12 hours before
- Destination
- ENA · Kenai, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- Unnamed 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,975 total · 700 in this make and model · 8,698 as pilot in command · 130 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.