Plane Crash List

Cessna 180 N9138T

23 September 1986 · Dry Bay, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 23 September 1986 at about 20:40 local time, a Cessna 180 registered N9138T was involved in an accident near Dry Bay, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 20:40
Classification
Accident
Location
Dry Bay, Alaska, United States
Nearest airport
Crows Landing
Coordinates
59.5098, -139.7096
Aircraft
Cessna 180
Registration
N9138T
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Positioning
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Yukatat → Crows Strip
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
SEA86LA250

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

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

GUSTY WINDS WERE PRESENT AT THE AIRSTRIP WHEN THE PLT ELECTED TO GO-AROUND DURING THE APCH. DURING THE GO-AROUND, A DOWNDRAFT WAS ENCOUNTERED. THE PLT LOST CONTROL OF THE ACFT WHICH ROLLED INVERTED AND STRUCK THE GROUND. THE PLT REPORTED THE WIND VELOCITY VARIED FROM ZERO TO 50 KTS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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