Cessna 180 N1746C

Summary

On 30 July 1996 at about 21:30 local time, a Cessna 180 registered N1746C was involved in an accident near Mc Carthy, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

30 July 1996 at 21:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Mc Carthy, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

62.0998, -145.5290

Aircraft

Cessna 180

Registration

N1746C

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → White River

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC96LA110

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadequate weather evaluation, and his inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The air taxi pilot related he was flying a company airplane on a personal flight in a mountain pass when the weather began to deteriorate. This was the pilot's third flight of the day in the same pass. He said he turned the airplane around in an attempt to exit the pass, but the clouds had lowered and he could no longer see the exit to the pass. He elected to make a precautionary landing on the tundra in lieu of attempting to continue the flight through the pass. The main landing gear separated from the airplane during the landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.