Cessna 182A N2028G

Summary

On 1 October 2012 at about 04:00 local time, a Cessna 182A registered N2028G, operated by Blakeslee Mark C, was involved in an accident near Port Lions, 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

1 October 2012 at 04:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Port Lions, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Shotgun Lake (PVT)

Coordinates

57.6536, -152.9372

Aircraft

Cessna 182A

Registration

N2028G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Blakeslee Mark C

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Port Lions → Kodiak

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

ANC12CA115

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's decision to take off with ice- and snow-contaminated wings.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

Prior to departure, the commercial pilot attempted to remove ice and snow contamination from the wings of the float-equipped airplane, but some contamination remained. During the takeoff run, the airplane failed to become airborne before reaching the end of the lake. The airplane slid along a gravel spillway for several hundred feet before nosing over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the wings, empennage, and fuselage. The pilot stated that there were no preaccident anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot noted that the accident might have been avoided if he had removed all the frozen contamination from the wing or waited for above-freezing temperatures.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.