# Accident 20060525010119A: Cessna 180, Anchorage, AK, May 25, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 2006, 10:10 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- 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: N9389C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9389C) (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 O470J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 514 total, 406 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC06CA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06CA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060525010119A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, SHE APPROACHED FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 34 AT MERRILL FIELD, ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. SHE STATED SHE FLARED FOR LANDING TOO HIGH ABOVE THE RUNWAY, THE AIRPLANE STALLED AND DROPPED. THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE GROUND BEFORE THE LANDING GEAR MADE CONTACT WITH THE SURFACE. AFTER STRIKING THE RIGHT WING THE AIRPLANE DROPPED ONTO THE MAIN LANDING GEAR, BOUNCED AND NOSED DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THE RIGHT WING TIP WAS BENT UP APPROXIMATELY 2-3 FEET IN FROM THE TIP. THE PROPELLER BLADES WERE BENT BACK AND THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR WHEEL WAS SCRAPED.

## 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 ANC06CA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06CA062), May 25, 2006: Cessna 180 (N9389C), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing during the landing flare/touchdown, which resulted in a loss of control, the right wing striking the runway, and subsequent nose down when the…

## Other reports on N9389C (1)

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

- [Accident 19770101000879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770101000879A), Jan 1, 1977: Cessna 180 (N9389C), Calexico, CA, Substantial damage. Landing gear attach bolt failed.

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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