# Accident 19980222006699A: Cessna 180H, Anchorage, AK, February 22, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 1998, 11:10 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.1592° N, 149.9908° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1592&lon=-149.9908&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9028M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9028M) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,724 total, 2,342 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC98LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980222006699A

## Narrative

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

UNDERSHOT RUNWAY AND SUBSEQUENTLY NOSED OVER DUE TO TOUCHING DOWN IN UPLOWED SNOW. (.4)THE PILOT WAS LANDING A TAILWHEEL-EQUIPPED AIRPLANE DURING FLAT LIGHT CONDITIONS. AN AREA OF PLOWED SNOW WAS LOCATED AT THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRPLANE'S MAIN LANDING GEAR TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 15 FEET SHORT OF THE PLOWED PORTION OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRPLANE NOSED DOWN, AND  SLID OFF THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY WHERE IN THEN NOSED OVER.                  (-23) MADE APPROACH BELOW PLASI, TOUCHDOWN PRIOR TO END OF RUNWAY 33. MAIN GEAR DRAGGED THROUGH ABOUT 12-16 INCHES OF SNOW, CAUSING AIRPLANE TO NOSE OVER, STRIKING PROP, THEN SLIDING OFF RUNWAY TO RIGHT AND RUNNING INTO SNOW BERM ALONG RUNWAY. AIRPLANE FLIPPED ONTO ITS BACK - DAMAGE TO PROP, COWLING, MAIN WING SPAR, AND VERTICAL FIN. NO INJURIES. ABOVE BASED ON INFORMATION BY IIC ON SCENE, JOHN POSEY, (ACCIDENT STANDBY INSPECTOR).

## 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 ANC98LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA021), Feb 22, 1998: Cessna 180H (N9028M), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point on the runway. Factors in the accident were: snow covered terrain at the approach end of the runway and flat light conditions.

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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