# Accident 19961206037599A: Cessna A185F, Anchorage, AK, December 6, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 1996
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6922H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6922H-2012-09-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961206037599A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON DECEMBER 6, 1996, AT 1100 ALASKA STANDARD TIME, A WHEEL EQUIPPED CESSNA 180 AIRPLANE, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT, CRASHED INTO A HANGAR DURING AN UNCONTROLLED TAXI WHILE NO ONE WAS IN THE COCKPIT. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT, OPERATING UNDER 14 CFR PART 91, WAS TO DEPART MERRILL FIELD, ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, AND THE DESTINATION WAS PORT ALSWORTH, ALASKA. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED AND VISUAL METEOROLOICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. ACCORDING TO A WITNESS LOCATED ON A HANGAR ROOF, HE SAW THE AIRPLANE PARKED AT THE FUEL PUMPS. HE TURNED AWAY AND THEN HEARD A LOUD ENGINE NOISE LIKE AN AIRPLANE STARTING ITS TAKEOFF. HE TURNED AROUND IN TIME TO SEE THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE STRIKE A HANGAR. HE STATED THE PILOT WAS HOLDING ONTO THE AIRPLANE'S LEFT WING STRUT. THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE HANGAR AND DISLODGED THE PILOT FROM THE WING STRUT. THE PILOT DOES NOT RECALL THE OCCURRENCE OR TAXING THE AIRPLANE TO THE FUEL PUMPS. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE INTENDED TO FUEL THE AIRPLANE AND FLY TO HIS HOME IN PORT ALSWORTH WITH A LOAD OF FREIGHT. HE WAS TO RETURN AND PICKUP HIS FAMILY LATER IN THE DAY. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE BY A CERTIFICATED AIRFRAME AND POWERPLANT MECHANIC SHOWED THAT THE RIGHT MAGNETO REMAINED ON (HOT) WITH THE IGNITION/MAGNETO SWITCH IN THE OFF POSITION. THE PILOT COULD NOT RECALL IF HE MANIPULATED THE PROPELLER AFTER EXITING THE AIRPLANE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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