# Accident 20050425007849A: Cessna 180, Anchorage, AK, April 25, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 2005, 12:45 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: 61.2000° N, 149.8333° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2000&lon=-149.8333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4563B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4563B) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC05CA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05CA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050425007849A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PIC ^PRIVACY DA^ LANDED AT MERRILL FIELD RUNWAY 24 WITH ABOUT AN 8 TO 10 KNOT QUARTERING LEFT TAIL WIND. THE AIRCRAFT IS EQUIPPED WITH GAR AERO 29X11-10 TIRES. UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT COCKED TO THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND EXITED APPROXIMATELY 1350 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY AND NOSED OVER ON ITS BACK. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO BOTH WINGS, THE PROP, AND THE VERTICAL STABILIZER ENSUED. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ STATED THAT ONCE THE AIRCRAFT COCKED TO THE LEFT HE COULD NOT KEEP THE AIRCRAFT FROM EXITING THE RUNWAY. HE APPLIED HARD RIGHT RUDDER AND BRAKE TO NO AVAIL. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE SHOULD NEVER HAVE LANDED ON THE HARD SURFACE RUNWAY WITH THE 29X11-10 TIRES INSTALLED ON 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 ANC05CA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05CA062), Apr 25, 2005: Cessna 180 (N4563B), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to compensate for a crosswind during the landing roll, which resulted in a loss of control and the airplane nosing over. A factor associated with the accident was a crosswind, and…

## Other reports on N4563B (4)

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

- [Accident 20020908025959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020908025959A), Sep 8, 2002: Cessna 180 (N4563B), Portheiden, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) On September 8, 2002, at approximately 1400 hrs. Alaska daylight time, a wheel-equipped Cessna 180 airplane, N4563B sustained substantial damage during…
- [Accident 19990926027819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990926027819A), Sep 26, 1999: Cessna 180 (N4563B), Pilot Point, AK, Substantial damage. (.19) On September 26, 1999, about 1500 Alaska daylight time, a Cessna 180 airplane, N4563B, sustained substantial damage during landing at an off airport…
- [Accident 19930920039289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930920039289A), Sep 20, 1993: Cessna 180 (N4563B), Pumice Creek, AK, Substantial damage. Gusty severe crosswind on landing. Began go around aborted due unstable winds. Ground looped on unimproved strip.
- [Accident 19790826021549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790826021549A), Aug 26, 1979: Cessna 180 (N4563B), Tyonick, AK, Substantial damage. Airplane wing hit brush during takeoff roll. Aircraft ground-looped.

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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