# Accident 20040620013189A: Cessna 180, Anchorage, AK, June 20, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2004, 18:34 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2136° N, 149.8445° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2136&lon=-149.8445&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4685A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4685A) (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: 615 total, 139 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC04LA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040620013189A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 20, 2004, MR. SCHAAB, PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF N4685A, A CESSNA CE-180 ON WHEELS, WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 24 AT THE MERRILL FIELD AIRPORT HERE IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. JUST AFTER TOUCHDOWN, WITH A WIND OF ABOUT 280 DEGREES AT ABOUT 8 KNTS; ABOUT A 40 DEGREE CROSSWIND, HE SWERVED TO THE RIGHT WHILE RETRACTING THE FLAPS AND BRINGING THE TAIL DOWN ON THE RUNWAY TO COMPLETE HIS LANDING. THE RESULTING SWERVER TO THE RIGHT WAS ENOUGH, THOUGH HE ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT, TO CAUSE THE AIRCRAFT TO GROUNDLOOP, WHICH RESULTED IN THE LEFT WINGTIP AND LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER TO STIKE THE RUNWAY, SUSTAINING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND COMING TO REST UP ON ITS NOSE WITH ALSO DAMAGE TO THE PROP AND SPINNER. THE SOLE OTHER OCCUPANT WAS HIS WIFE. NEITHER HE OR HIS WIFE WERE INJURED.

## 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 ANC04LA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA066), Jun 21, 2004: Cessna 180 (N4685A), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a ground loop/swerve, and the left wingtip and propeller striking the runway. A factor associated with…

## Other reports on N4685A (1)

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

- [Accident 20050426007599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050426007599A), Apr 26, 2005: Cessna 180 (N4685A), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) According to the pilot, after touchdown and during the landing roll out on a grassy and muddy area, the aircraft nosed over.

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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