- Date
- January 18, 1986, 11:54 local (15:54 UTC)
- Place
- Juneau, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9331GCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860118002209A
- Case key
- 40265
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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
Pilot requested clearance to return to airport after takeoff due to eng power loss. Clearance was given by ATC. Pilot made rt turn from about 100 ft alt. Acft crashed about 1500 foot south of rwy. No shoulder harnesses installed. Pax survived. Ice found on wings, no mech failures.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9331G
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18260871
- Airframe hours
- 2,102
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lewis C. Love
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 1
- Destination
- HNS · Haines, AK
- Airport
- JNU · Juneau Municipal, runway 8, 8,456 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 66
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,100 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JNU, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.