# Incident 19890407019689I: Cessna 180K, Valdez, AK, April 7, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1989, 14:18 local time
- Place: Valdez, AK
- Airport: Valdez Airport
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HYEC
- Location: 61.1308° N, 146.3483° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Valdez, AK, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1308&lon=-146.3483&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61537, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N61537) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180K (registry code 2072624, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180K
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,385 total, 2,650 in this make and model, 112 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890407019689I

## Narrative

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

LEFT WHEEL LOCKED ON LANDING ROLLOUT. AIRCRAFT TURNED LEFT 90 DEGREES AND STOPPED. INSIDE WHEEL BOLTS HAD SHEARED.

## Other reports on N61537 (2)

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

- [Accident 19870312005959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870312005959A), Mar 12, 1987: Cessna 180K (N61537), Cordova, AK, Substantial damage. The aircraft veered off the side of the runway striking two parked aircraft. No evidence of mechanical malfunction.
- [Accident 19810823051069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810823051069A), Aug 23, 1981: Cessna 180 (N61537), Cordova, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot attempted takeoff on water downwind and into current. Takeoff aborted too late. Hit trees and brush on shore.

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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