# Accident 20050426007599A: Cessna 180, Anchorage, AK, April 26, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 2005, 20:30 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.0000° N, 151.4333° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.0000&lon=-151.4333&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
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 230 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC05CA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05CA066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050426007599A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, AFTER TOUCHDOWN AND DURING THE LANDING ROLL OUT ON A GRASSY AND MUDDY AREA, THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER.

## 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 ANC05CA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05CA066), Apr 27, 2005: Cessna 180 (N4685A), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing area, which resulted in an on ground encounter with terrain during the landing roll, and subsequent nose down of the airplane. A factor associated with…

## Other reports on N4685A (1)

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

- [Accident 20040620013189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040620013189A), Jun 20, 2004: Cessna 180 (N4685A), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. (-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…

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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