- Date
- August 26, 1990, 18:00 local (Aug 27, 1990, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lime Village, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3680CCessna 180-A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900826036529A
- Case key
- 5439
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to understand the performance data during takeoff. Contributing to the accident was the unsuitable terrain not being identified by the pilot-in-command.
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
During takeoff on a gravel bar airstrip, the airplane struck a large rock on the departure end of the airstrip. The airplane was substantially damaged. The pilot and passenger were not injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3680C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180-A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31179
- Engine
- Continental O-470-A, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Holmquist, John D
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- NONE · White Fish, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- NONE · White Fish, runway 26, 900 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,800 total · 252 in this make and model · 3,700 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N3680C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.