# Accident 19930920039289A: Cessna 180, Pumice Creek, AK, September 20, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1993, 21:30 local time
- Place: Pumice Creek, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 56.9609° N, 158.5798° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=56.9609&lon=-158.5798&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4563B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4563B) (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 O470L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 1,950 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC93LA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC93LA182) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930920039289A

## Narrative

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

GUSTY SEVERE CROSSWIND ON LANDING. BEGAN GO AROUND ABORTED DUE UNSTABLE WINDS. GROUND LOOPED ON UNIMPROVED STRIP.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC93LA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC93LA182), Sep 21, 1993: Cessna 180 (N4563B), Pumice Creek, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DURING THE LANDING ROLL. FACTORS WERE THE PILOT MISJUDGED THE WIND INFORMATION, AND THE UNFAVORABLE WIND.

## Other reports on N4563B (4)

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

- [Accident 20050425007849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050425007849A), Apr 25, 2005: Cessna 180 (N4563B), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) The PIC [privacy data omitted] landed at Merrill field runway 24 with about an 8 to 10 knot quartering left tail wind. The aircraft is equipped with gar…
- [Accident 20020908025959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020908025959A), Sep 8, 2002: Cessna 180 (N4563B), Portheiden, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) On September 8, 2002, at approximately 1400 hrs. Alaska daylight time, a wheel-equipped Cessna 180 airplane, N4563B sustained substantial damage during…
- [Accident 19990926027819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990926027819A), Sep 26, 1999: Cessna 180 (N4563B), Pilot Point, AK, Substantial damage. (.19) On September 26, 1999, about 1500 Alaska daylight time, a Cessna 180 airplane, N4563B, sustained substantial damage during landing at an off airport…
- [Accident 19790826021549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790826021549A), Aug 26, 1979: Cessna 180 (N4563B), Tyonick, AK, Substantial damage. Airplane wing hit brush during takeoff roll. Aircraft ground-looped.

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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