Cessna 180 N2997A

Summary

On 21 July 2000 at about 03:30 local time, a Cessna 180 registered N2997A was involved in an accident near Thorne Bay, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

21 July 2000 at 03:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Thorne Bay, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

55.5704, -132.3905

Aircraft

Cessna 180

Registration

N2997A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Tolstoi Bay → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC00FA093

1 person died.

The pilot-in-command's inadvertent stalling of the airplane.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The commercial certificated pilot departed from a floating lodge in a float equipped airplane. After lift off, the airplane made a climbing right turn over the lodge and was observed to be in a slight climb attitude. The airplane then appeared to skid to the left. The left wing dropped, and the airplane appeared to stall. It then descended to the ground, making about 1/2 turn to the left. The engine sounds were heard all the way to the ground. The airplane collided with tall trees and then the ground in a nose down attitude, coming to rest in a small clearing of trees. The airplane received extensive impact damage with buckling and twisting of the airframe. The engine and propeller were buried in the ground. No evidence of any preimpact mechanical anomalies were discovered during the on-site investigation. The airplane was not recovered from the accident scene.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.