Accident Cessna 180 N9433C, Monday 12 November 1984

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Date:	Monday 12 November 1984
Time:	13:30 LT
Type:	Cessna 180
Owner/operator:	Glenn Arnon Borders
Registration:	N9433C
MSN:	31831
Year of manufacture:	1955
Total airframe hrs:	1990 hours
Engine model:	Continental O-470-K
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Chugiak, AK - United States of America
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Montague Island, AK
Destination airport:	Chugiak, AK (Z15)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES APRX 2,600 FT SHORT OF RWY 19 THRESHOLD DURING THE LANDING APCH. THE ACFT STOPPED 35-40 FT AGL IN TREES AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES FELL TO THE GROUND. A DESCENT WAS MADE FROM APRX 10,000 FT WITH A LEANED MIXTURE, CLOSED THROTTLE AND NO CARBURETOR HEAT USAGE. THE OATS RANGES FROM 0 DEG F AT GROUND LEVEL TO -27 TO -36 DEG F AT 10,000 FT. PLT STATED THAT WHEN HE ADVANCED THE THROTTLE DURING THE APCH A RESPONSE IN POWER WAS NOT RECEIVED.

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