# NTSB SEA86FA041: Cessna 182, N9331G, Juneau, AK, January 18, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: January 18, 1986, 11:54 local (15:54 UTC)
- Place: Juneau, AK
- Coordinates: 58.580665, -134.770401 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.5807&lon=-134.7704&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40265
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA86FA041
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40265/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86FA041

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, takeoff - initial climb
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
  - fuel system - blocked(total) (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
  - ice/frost removal from aircraft - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - emergency procedure - not followed, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9331G-2013-05-22), registration cancelled 2013-05-22, S/N 18260871, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18260871
- Airframe hours: 2102
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 66; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860118002209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860118002209A), Jan 18, 1986: Cessna 182P, Juneau, AK, Destroyed. Landed and hit a log hidden by snow after engine quit on takeoff. Wings fuel caps and vents were iced over.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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