# Incident 19880816049689I: Cessna 172M, Anchorage, AK, August 16, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1988, 07:06 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field Airport
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80948, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80948-2003-04-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 55 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880816049689I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING ROLLOUT. VEERED AND ADDED POWER CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO LEAVE SIDE OF RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N80948 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20021109033069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021109033069A), Nov 9, 2002: Cessna 172M (N80948), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) On November 09, 2002, at 1518 ast, a wheel equipped Cessna 172 airplane, N80948, sustained substantial damage when it descended and collided with wires…
- [Incident 19880502030379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880502030379I), May 2, 1988: Cessna 172M (N80948), Goose Bay, AK, Minor damage. Plane pulled into ditch by left wheel in soft gravel when pilot tried to clear runway for incoming aircraft.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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