Cessna 180 N2345C

Summary

On 2 April 1983 at about 16:40 local time, a Cessna 180 registered N2345C was involved in an accident near Palmer, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

2 April 1983 at 16:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Palmer, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

61.6197, -148.9809

Aircraft

Cessna 180

Registration

N2345C

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Wasilla → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC83LA065

1 person was seriously 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

ACCORDING TO THE PLT'S ACCIDENT REPORT, HE HAD CLIMBED TO 3200 FT, PULLED THE THROTTLE FULL BACK TO DESCEND, THEN THE ENG STOPPED. HE STATED THAT HE TRIED TO START THE ENG, BUT WAS UNABLE, SO HE LANDED STRAIGHT AHEAD IN TREES. THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED DURING IMPACT WITH THE TREES. WITNESSES REPORTED THAT BOTH OCCUPANTS OF THE ACFT APPEARED TO BE INTOXICATED, WERE DRINKING WHILE THE ACFT WAS BEING REFUELED, AND HAD MADE A 100 DOLLAR WAGER THAT THE PLT COULD GLIDE THE ACFT FROM PIONEER PEAK TO FINGER LAKE WITH THE ENG SHUT OFF. ONE WITNESS OBSERVED THE ACFT WITH BINOCULARS & SAW THAT THE ENG WAS STOPPED. ACCORDING TO HIM, THE ENG HAD NOT BEEN STARTED BY THE TIME THE ACFT WENT OUT OF SIGHT BEHIND TREES. MEDICAL PERSONNEL REPORTED THAT AT THE CRASH SITE, THE PLT APPEARED INTOXICATED, HOSTILE & UNCOOPERATIVE. A BLOOD SAMPLE TAKEN ABOUT 2 1/2 HRS AFTER THE ACCIDENT WAS FOUND TO HAVE AN ALCOHOL LEVEL OF 0.204.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.