# Incident 20050510011139I: Cessna 180, Anchorage, AK, May 10, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2005, 22:40 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Lake Hood Spb
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2943A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2943A) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,647 total, 1,323 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050510011139I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER LANDING, THE PILOT'S TAXI ROUTE REQUIRED TRANSIT OF A CONSTRUCTION ZONE. SEPARATE ROUTES FOR VEHICLES AND AIRCRAFT WERE ESTABLISHED THROUGH THIS ZONE THAT REQUIRED AIRCRAFT TO TAKE A NEW ROUTE AND VEHICLES TO TAKE AN EXISTING ROUTE TO THE PILOT'S DESTINATION ON THE AIRPORT. A SIGN INDICATING WHICH ROUTE TO TAKE WAS PLACED NEAR THE VEHICLE PATH. ICONS OF A CAR AND AN AIRCRAFT WERE DEPICTED ON THE SIGN TOGETHER WITH DIRECTIONAL ARROWS THAT SUGGESTED A "Y" INTERSECTION LAY AHEAD. WHILE TAXIING THROUGH THE CONTSTRUCTION ZONE IN DUSK TO DARK CONDITIONS THE PILOT INTERPRETED THE SIGN TO INDICATE AN INTERSECTION AHEAD WHERE HE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN. THIS RESULTED IN HIS TAKING THE ROUTE INTENDED FOR VEHICLES. WHILE TAXIING ALONG THIS ROUTE HE HIT AN UNLIT OBSTACLE WITH HIS RIGHT LANDING GEAR AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER.

## Other reports on N2943A (2)

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

- [Incident 20020113000619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020113000619I), Jan 13, 2002: Cessna 180 (N2943A), Wasilla, AK, Minor damage. (-23)Pilot encountered smoke in cockpit enroute, opened window to disperse smoke. Declared emergency landed Wasilla airport. Fire department met aircraft and…
- [Incident 19851126067309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851126067309I), Nov 26, 1985: Cessna 180 (N2943A), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. During taxi downwind to takeoff on ice, ski equipped aircraft was blown into channel bank. Damage to propeller.

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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