# Accident 20050410007689A: Cessna 180, Anchorage, AK, April 10, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 2005
- 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: N9028C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9028C) (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
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 320 total, 7 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC05CA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05CA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050410007689A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING LANDING ON RWY 6, AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED OFF THE RUNWAY. PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AND WINGTIP STRUCK DIRT ADJACENT TO TAXIWAY E CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. (-23 AMENDMENT) ON APRIL 10, 2005, CESSNA-180, N9028C, RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING AND AILERON, AFTER GROUND LOOPING DURING LANDING. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA O^ STATED THAT HE RECEIVED ATIS "B" WITH WINDS FAVORING RUNWAY 6 PRIOR TO ENTERING MRI AIRSPACE, AFTER LANDING HE DISCOVERED WINDS FAVORED RUNWAY 24, AND ATIS HAD CHANGED TO "C" AFTER HE CHANGED TO TOWER FREQUENCY, AND THAT MRI TOWER DID NOT ADVISE OF NEW ATIS OR WIND INFORMATION. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ ESTIMATES LANDING WITH A 7-10 KT TAILWIND.

## 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 ANC05CA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05CA057), Apr 10, 2005: Cessna 180 (N9028C), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll, which resulted in an inadvertent ground loop. A factor contributing to the accident was a tailwind.

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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