# Accident 20001128041959A: Cessna 180H, Wasilla, AK, November 28, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 28, 2000, 15:00 local time
- Place: Wasilla, AK
- Airport: Wallace Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.5785° N, 149.4763° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wasilla, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5785&lon=-149.4763&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8206V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8206V) (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 O520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 19,992 total, 4,300 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC01LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001128041959A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 28, 2000, AT 1500 AK STANDARD TIME, CESSNA 180H, N8206V, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHILE TAXIING AFTER LANDING ON WALLACE LAKE, 1 MILE EAST OF WASILLA, AK. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AFTER LANDING ON THE FROZEN LAKE AND TAXIING TOWARDS THE SHORE LINE, THE LEFT TIRE ROLLED OVER AN AREA OF GRASS PROTRUDING THROUGH THE ICE. AS THE TIRE PASSED OVER THE GRASS, IT BROKE THROUGH AND THE LEFT WING AND PROPELLER HIT THE ICE RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE DRILLED HOLES IN THE ICE PRIOR TO LANDING AND FOUND 8 TO 10 INCHES.

## 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 ANC01LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA021), Nov 28, 2000: Cessna 180H (N8206V), Wasilla, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing/taxi area. A factor associated with the accident was weak ice.

## Other reports on N8206V (1)

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

- [Incident 19790902034019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790902034019I), Sep 2, 1979: Cessna 180H (N8206V), Kenai, AK, Minor damage. Pilot flew into box canyon, impacted ground, damaging floats.

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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