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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 180K · Anchorage, AK · June 4, 1985

Date: June 4, 1985 · 15:43 local
Place: Anchorage, AK
Airport: Merrill Field
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N61653
Reported as: Cessna 180K
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,700 total2,800 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N61653Registered now · Cessna 180KS/N 18052786 · Built 1976 Airframe modelCessna 180K 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.

Pilot did not lock rudder pedal in place. Pedal collapsed on rollout and aircraft ground looped.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DID NOT LOCK RUDDER PEDAL IN PLACE. PEDAL COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT AND AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED.