# Accident 19980108001719A: Cessna 180H, Anchorage, AK, January 8, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 1998, 15:30 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Bold Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.4110° N, 149.1691° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.4110&lon=-149.1691&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9737G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9737G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180H (registry code 2072618, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180H
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 945 total, 220 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC98LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980108001719A

## Narrative

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

LEFT TIRE BROKE THRU COMPACT SNOW ON RUNWAY LANDING. NOSED OVER. (.4)THE PILOT WAS LANDING A TAILWHEEL EQUIPPED AIRPLANE ON A SMALL SNOW COVERED AIRSTRIP. THE SURFACE OF THE SNOW WAS COMPACTED BY NUMEROUS SNOW MACHINE TRACKS. AFTER PERFORMING A LOW PASS TO ASSESS THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT PROCEEDED TO LAND. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE LEFT TIRE BROKE THROUGH THE CRUSTY SURFACE OF THE SNOW AND SANK. THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER AND RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING, THE RIGHT WING LIFT STRUT, THE VERTICAL STABILIZER, AND THE PROPELLER.                                                          (-23) ON JANUARY 8, 1998, ABOUT 1530 ALASKA STANDARD TIME, A WHEEL EQUIPPED CESSNA 180H AIRPLANE, N9737G, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A LANDING AT THE BOLD AIRSTRIP, LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF CHUGIAK, ALASKA. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED AS A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) PERSONAL FLIGHT, WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT AND THE SOLE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MERRILL FIELD, ANCHORAGE, AK ABOUT 1515. DURING A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION ON JANUARY 9, 1998, WITH THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION           SAFETY BOARD, (NTSB), AND THE INVESTIGATOR-IN-CHARGE (IIC), THE PILOT REPORTED HE WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 14. THE SURFACE CONDITIONS CONSISTED OF SNOW THAT WAS COMPACTED BY NUMEROUS SNOW MACHINE TRACKS. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE LEFT TIRE BROKE THROUGH THE CRUSTY SNOW SURFACE, AND SANK. THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER, AND RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING LIFT STRUT, THE RIGHT WING, THE VERTICAL STABILIZER, AND THE PROPELLER.

## 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 ANC98LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA015), Jan 8, 1998: Cessna 180H (N9737G), Chugiak, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's selection of an unsuitable area for landing. A factor relating to the accident was: the crusty, snow covered surface of the airstrip.

## Other reports on N9737G (1)

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

- [Accident 19930308005799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930308005799A), Mar 8, 1993: Cessna 180H (N9737G), Port Alsworth, AK, Substantial damage. On climbout encountered heavy snow and whiteout over frozen lake. Lost control impacted lake ice.

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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