# Incident 19930131008559I: Cessna 180A, Palmer, AK, January 31, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 1993, 15:10 local time
- Place: Palmer, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.5972° N, 149.1147° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palmer, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5972&lon=-149.1147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5238D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5238D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180A (registry code 2072604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930131008559I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED IN A FIELD SOUTH OF PALMER. BROKE AN AXLE TO MAIN GEAR ATTACH BOLT ON SKI.

## Other reports on N5238D (1)

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

- [Accident 19820801059539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820801059539A), Aug 1, 1982: Cessna 180A (N5238D), Palmer, AK, Minor damage. Aircraft veered off runway when one wheel became jammed with mud and locked up when pilot applied brakes.

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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