Cessna 180 N420SB

Summary

On 2 October 1988 at about 04:25 local time, a Cessna 180 registered N420SB, operated by Graham, Bobby, was involved in an accident near Wasilla, Alaska, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

2 October 1988 at 04:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Wasilla, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 180

Registration

N420SB

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Graham, Bobby

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lake Iliamna → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

ANC89LA001

Nobody was injured.

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

DRG ARRIVAL TO LAND ON A LAKE AT NIGHT, THE PLT BEGAN A 180 DEG TURN FROM A NE HEADING AT APRX 500' AGL TO A FINAL APCH ON A SW HEADING. AS THE ACFT WAS IN THE TURN, IT BEGAN LOSING ALTITUDE RAPIDLY. THE PLT APPLIED POWER TO STOP THE DESCENT, BUT THE ACFT STRUCK TREES AT THE EDGE OF THE LAKE. THE PLT SAID THE ACFT'S FORWARD MOTION HAD BEEN NEARLY STOPPED BY THE TREES BY THE TIME IT DROPPED & CAME TO REST AT THE EDGE OF THE LAKE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.