Cessna 180 N9306C

Summary

On 8 October 2000 at about 02:10 local time, a Cessna 180 registered N9306C, operated by Kent D. Peterson, was involved in an accident near Anchorage, Alaska, United States. 2 people were 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

8 October 2000 at 02:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Lake Hood Seaplane (LHD)

Coordinates

61.1598, -149.9897

Aircraft

Cessna 180

Registration

N9306C

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Kent D. Peterson

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC01LA005

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's delay in aborting the takeoff run. A factor associated with the accident was glassy water conditions.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The certificated commercial pilot reported that as he started a southeasterly takeoff run, using the southeast water lane, the airplane's acceleration seemed slower than normal due to glassy water conditions. He said that as he neared the end of the water lane, just before the airplane became airborne, he elected to abort the takeoff run. He said that after he closed the throttle, the airplane stayed up on the step longer than he had anticipated, and subsequently struck the lakeshore, and a moored and unoccupied Cessna 185. The pilot said that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.