Cessna 180 N2641Y

Summary

On 28 August 1984 at about 14:00 local time, a Cessna 180 registered N2641Y was involved in an accident near Iliamna Bay, Alaska, United States. 4 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

28 August 1984 at 14:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Iliamna Bay, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 180

Registration

N2641Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Pedro Bay

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Dawn

NTSB number

ANC84LA148

2 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT STRUCK A GRAVEL BAR WHILE TAXIING. THE ACFT WAS NOT FREED FROM THE GRAVEL BAR UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING DUE TO A RECEDING TIDE ON THE PREVIOUS NIGHT. APPROX 3 HOURS LATER AS THE PILOT TAXIED AROUND AWAITING DAYLIGHT FOR TAKEOFF, THE ACFT ROLLED OVER IN THE WATER AND EVENTUALLY SANK. PRIOR TO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE ACFT, THE PILOT NOTICED TWO 1 INCH DENTS IN THE SUBMERGED FLOAT WITH BUBBLES COMING OUT OF THEM. THE PILOT ALSO STATED THAT THE FLOATS ROUTINELY LEAKED AND NEEDED TO BE PUMPED OUT DAILY, HOWEVER HE INDICATED THAT THIS WAS NOT ACCOMPLISHED BETWEEN THE TIME THE ACFT STRUCK THE GRAVEL BAR AND THE TIME IT SANK. THERE WERE NO APPROVED PERSONAL FLOATATION DEVICES ABOARD THE ACFT. THE FOUR INDIVIDUALS ABOARD THE PLANE USED INFLATED HIP WADERS DURING AN ATTEMPT TO SWIM FOR SHORE. TWO INDIVIDUALS WERE LOST AND PRESUMED DROWNED IN THIS ATTEMPT. WATER TEMPERATURE WAS APPROX 45 DEGREES F.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.