- Date
- March 10, 1991, 17:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Amos Lakes, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N66036Cessna 180K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19910310006619A
- Case key
- 5526
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Probable cause
The pilot's selection of terrain that was rough, snow-covered and icy for takeoff.
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 stated that, during the takeoff on the frozen lake, he encountered very rough surface conditions which did not allow the airplane to reach liftoff speed. During the aborted takeoff, the pilot encountered an area of very slick snow-covered ice. The airplane went straight ahead into the trees before coming to a stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66036
- Reported as
- Cessna 180K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052908
- Airframe hours
- 915
- Engine
- Continental O-470-VC, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Carroll K. Moon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 18, 1990 · 173 hours before
- Destination
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 55
- Certificates
- Flight engineer, Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 13,990 total · 400 in this make and model · 12,000 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 19 °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 N66036 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.