# Incident 19881203066929I: Cessna 180, Fairbanks, AK, December 3, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 1988, 16:00 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Chena Ndb
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8378° N, 147.7164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairbanks, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8378&lon=-147.7164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9172C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9172C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Reported engine: CONT O470A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 400 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/19881203066929I

## Narrative

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

TAXIING ON SKIS TO REPOSITION IN HIGH WINDS. HIT FROZEN POND BANK AND OVERTURNED.

## Other reports on N9172C (2)

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

- [Incident 20210207000889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210207000889I), Feb 7, 2021: Cessna 180 (N9172C), El Cajon, CA, Minor damage. After landing on a flight from deer valley Arizona to Gillespie Field California, the aircraft caught a gust of wind and the pilot over corrected causing the…
- [Accident 19771002030219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771002030219A), Oct 2, 1977: Cessna 180 (N9172C), AK, Substantial damage

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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