- Date
- March 22, 1990, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Iliamna, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5222ECessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900322008599A
- Case key
- 5343
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
The pilot failed to maintain directional control during landing. Contributing factors were the rough terrain, and the pilot's lack of total and recent experience in that model airplane.
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 lost control and crashed while landing in a remote area covered with rough crusted snow. The pilot failed to provide the NTSB with information concerning the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5222E
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 50522
- Engine
- Continental O-470, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gregory W. Tressler
- Departed
- ENA · Kenai, 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Flight hours
- 32 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 20 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °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 N5222E · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.