Cessna 180 accident near Pilot Point, AK
On August 24, 2000, a Cessna 180 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Pilot Point, AK. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- August 24, 2000
- Place
- Pilot Point, AK
- Aircraft
- Cessna 180 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 57.500°N, 157.280°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X21640
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 23, 2000, about 1730 Alaska daylight time, a tundra tire equipped Cessna 180 airplane, N4985A, was destroyed when it collided with mountainous terrain, about 34 miles south of Pilot Point, Alaska. The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) cross-country business flight, under Title 14, CFR Part 91, when the accident occurred. The airplane was operated by Painter Creek Lodge Inc., Anchorage, Alaska. The commercial certificated pilot, and two passengers, received fatal injuries. The third passenger received serious injuries. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed in the area of the accident. During a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge (IIC), on August 25, 2000, the vice-president of the lodge reported that two lodge airplanes transported lodge guests to a river near Amber Bay, Alaska, to go fishing. The area is about 20 miles south of the lodge, along Main Creek in the Aniakchak National Preserve. It is located near the coast, southeast of the Aleutian mountain range, on the Alaska peninsula. The pilot of the second airplane, by telephone and written statement, reported that he and the pilot of the first airplane, discussed potential routes for the return flight to the lodge. Routes of travel included the Pumice Creek saddle, West Creek pass (Cinder River), or Aniakchak pass. A scattered layer of low clouds partially obscured several mountain tops. The two pilots verbally agreed to head toward West Creek pass. After the two airplanes departed the beach at Am
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
