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| Date: | Sunday 25 September 2022 |
| Time: | 13:00 |
| Type: |  Cessna 180A Skywagon |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N9728B |
| MSN: | 50026 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Whiskey Lake, near Skwentna, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Whiskey Lake, AK |
| Anchorage-Lake Hood, AK (LHD/PALH) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The float-equipped Cessna 180A airplane, N9728B, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Skwentna, Alaska. The pilot was fatally injured.
Probable Cause and Findings
The failure of the landing gear float due to inadequate maintenance of the floats and corrosion.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N9728B
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/5/56104_1523042428.jpg (photo)
Location
Media:
NTSB investigating the 9/25/2022 crash of a Cessna 180 into Whiskey Lake near Skwentna, Alaska.
— NTSB Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) September 26, 2022
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Sep-2022 13:43 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 26-Sep-2022 14:13 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Oct-2022 20:27 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 03-Mar-2024 15:51 | ASN | Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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