# Accident 20040602014339A: Cessna 180E, Kenai, AK, June 2, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2004, 20:10 local time
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Airport: Kenai Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.5731° N, 151.2450° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5731&lon=-151.2450&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5180, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180E (registry code 2072612, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180E
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 20 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC04LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA060) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040602014339A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N5180, CESSNA 180E, RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING AN ABORTED TAKE-OFF. THE PILOT SAID THE WINDS WERE VERY GUSTY AND AS THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO TURN IN LEFT, HE PULLED THE POWER OFF. THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED AND NOSED OVER. (-23 ADDITIONAL NARRATIVE) MR. ROBERT EVERTS WAS PILOT IN COMMAND OF A CE-180, N5180, ON 06/03/2004. HE ATTEMPTED A TAKEOFF AT THE KENAI AIRPORT, ON RUNWAY 19R. WIND WAS APPROXIMATELY 110 DEGREES AT 11 GUSTING TO 19. AT APPROXIMATELY 300' INTO THE TAKEOFF ROLL A HIGH GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO WEATHERVANE INTO THE WIND. FULL CONTROL INPUTS WERE INSUFFICIENT TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT STRAIGHT, INCLUDING THE APPLICATION OF FULL RIGHT BRAKE. MR. EVERTS TRIED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF BUT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO GROUND LOOP AND WENT OVER ON ITS BACK CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ANC04LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA060), Jun 3, 2004: Cessna 180E (N5180), Kenai, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for a crosswind condition and his failure to maintain directional control which resulted in an inadvertent ground loop and nose over. A factor contributing to the…

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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