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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 180 · Serpintine Hot, AK · August 29, 1982

Date: August 29, 1982 · 14:30 local
Place: Serpintine Hot, AK
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6000L
Reported as: Cessna 180
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,100 total700 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

N6000LRegistered now · Cessna 180S/N 31877 · Built 1955 Airframe modelCessna 180 Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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.

Right brake failed, lost control on rough rutted runway. Ground looped. Low brake fluid level.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT BRAKE FAILED, LOST CONTROL ON ROUGH RUTTED RUNWAY. GROUND LOOPED. LOW BRAKE FLUID LEVEL.