# Incident 20000912029649I: Cessna 180, Anchorage, AK, September 12, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2000, 18:30 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Lake Hood Spb
- Damage: Minor 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: N6522A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6522A) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,090 total, 375 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000912029649I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THERE WAS NO INTENT FOR FLIGHT. PILOT WAS REPOSITIONING THE AIRCRAFT BECAUSE OF THE WIND. STRONG GUST PICKED UP THE WING, CAUSING LEFT WING TO DRAG IN WATER, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N6522A (1)

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

- [Accident 19810525027449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810525027449A), May 25, 1981: Cessna 180 (N6522A), Concord, CA, Substantial damage. Lost control on crosswind landing. Ground-looped, flipped over on runway. Low skill level, tail wheel aircraft.

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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