- Date
- July 30, 1993, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Skwentna, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5076ECessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19930730029549A
- Case key
- 5873
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's failure to maintain directional control of the airpalne. A factor in the accident was the ditch along the side of the runway.
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 the taxi for takeoff, the left main landing gear wheel assembly entered a ditch along the side of the runway and collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5076E
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18050376
- Engine
- Continental O-470K, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Norton, Robert G., doing business as Chelatna Lodge Inc.
- Registered owner
- Bertke, Duke & Becky
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Destination
- Z41 · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- Chelatna Lake, runway 24, gravel
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
- 41
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,530 total · 6 in this make and model · 5,399 as pilot in command · 112 in the last 90 days · 59 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.