- Date
- July 27, 1992, 16:00 local (Jul 28, 1992, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Eureka, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3266DCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19920727030839A
- Case key
- 5774
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power and undetermined reasons.
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 said that during the final approach he felt he was too high for a safe landing on the remote strip, so he applied full power for a go around. Upon doing so, the engine 'coughed' and 'misfired' and continued flight could not be maintained. The pilot reported that he retarded the throttle and performed an emergency descent and landing. The airplane touched down on the departure end of the strip, continued off the end and nosed over. The reason for the loss of engine power could not be determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3266D
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32064
- Airframe hours
- 3,800
- Engine
- Continental O-470-S, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gary W. Elam
- Registered owner
- Gary W. Elam
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- None, runway 8, 1,000 × 50 ft, dirt
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,490 total · 260 in this make and model · 2,324 as pilot in command · 68 in the last 90 days · 49 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- 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.