Cessna 180 N9701G

Summary

On 13 December 2002 at about 12:44 local time, a Cessna 180 registered N9701G was involved in an accident near Petersburg, 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

13 December 2002 at 12:44

Classification

Accident

Location

Petersburg, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

56.8000, -132.9333

Aircraft

Cessna 180

Registration

N9701G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Petersburg → Petersburg

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC03LA022

1 person died.

An in flight collision with ocean water for an undetermined reason.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

A solo private pilot departed from an inland coastal town in a float-equipped airplane for a daylong trip. The pilot's proposed flight path would have covered an extensive area over open ocean water. When the airplane failed to return, an extensive search failed to find the airplane. Eighteen days later, the body of the pilot was found along the shore of the area of water the pilot intended to cross. A post mortem examination determined the cause of death was drowning and noted blunt force trauma to the head and neck as a significant condition.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.