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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 180 · Anchorage, AK · September 13, 1979

Date
September 13, 1979 · 21:30 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Lake Hood
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2657U
Reported as
Cessna 180
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,800 total900 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During landing, pilot flared too high. Landed hard, collapsed left main gear, damaged prop & fuselage skin.

As the FAA filed it

DURING LANDING, PILOT FLARED TOO HIGH. LANDED HARD, COLLAPSED LEFT MAIN GEAR, DAMAGED PROP & FUSELAGE SKIN.