Cessna 182 accident near Juneau, AK
On August 10, 2008, a Cessna 182 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Juneau, AK. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 10, 2008
- Place
- Juneau, AK
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 58.151°N, 134.505°W
- NTSB ID
- 20080827X01333
Official records · ANC08FA133
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn August 9, 2008, about 1605 Alaska daylight time, a float-equipped Cessna 182E airplane, N9350X, impacted steep mountainous terrain after departure from Young Lake on Admiralty Island about 15 miles south of Juneau, Alaska. The private pilot and the pilot-rated passenger sustained fatal injuries. The airplane was destroyed. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot as a visual flight rules (VFR) personal flight under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) were reported along the airplane's anticipated flight path, and no flight plan was filed. The airplane departed from the remote lake about 1600, and the intended destination was the Juneau International Airport Seaplane Base (PAJN) in Juneau. The pilot's youngest son reported that he, his older brother, and his father had been on a family camping trip at Young Lake, and, on the day of the accident, the group was returning to Juneau and determined that it would take two trips to transport all their camping gear. The pilot's son said that after discussing various options, they decided that all three would fly back to Juneau, one of them would stay behind in Juneau, and the other two would return to pick up the remaining camping gear. The son reported that they departed from Young Lake about 1515 and arrived in Juneau about 1540. He reported that when they left Young Lake, the weather was "open" on the north end of the lake but was "closed" on the south end of the lake. The youngest son remained in Juneau, and he reported tha
Probable cause
The pilot's decision to continue visual flight into an area of instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in the pilot experiencing a loss of visual reference and subsequent controlled flight into terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's self-induced pressure to complete the flight.
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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.
