- Date
- July 4, 1992, 22:30 local (Jul 5, 1992, 06:30 UTC)
- Place
- Naknek, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2824ACessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19920704026349A
- Case key
- 5751
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control. Factors include gusty crosswind 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.
Analysis
The pilot of the Cessna 180 was taking off from a sandy beach with a 90 degree crosswind that he estimated to be 15 knots, gusting to 30. He stated that a gust caused the nose to weathercock, and by the time he reduced the power, the aircraft entered loose sand. The right main landing gear leg was pulled from the landing gear box, and the right wing was bent during the aircraft's impact with the surface..
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2824A
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30024
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James H. Moore
- Registered owner
- James H. Moore
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000 · 50 hours before
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
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,700 total · 400 in this make and model · 900 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 15 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.