# Incident 20070717020329I: Cessna 180, Anchorage, AK, July 17, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2007, 16:10 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9640B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9640B) (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 O470K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21,800 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 260 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070717020329I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED RUNWAY 25 FOR SHIP CREEK DEPARTURE. AT ABOUT 400 FEET AGL AIRCRAFT LOST POWER, AND PILOT PUSHED ENGINE CONTROLS FULL FORWARD, CHECKED FUEL SELECTOR AND RADIOED MERRILL TOWER HIS INTENTION TO LAND. TOWER CLEARED FOR ANY RUNWAY. PILOT INITIATED LEFT 180 DEGREE TURN BUT DIDN'T COMPLETE TURN TO RUNWAY 7 AND LANDED HARD BETWEEN TAXIWAY "CHARLIE" AND RUNWAY 17 AT OR NEAR RUNUP AREA "MIKE." UPON TOUCHDOWN ENGINE RESUMED POWER AND AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE. PILOT ELECTED TO LAND ON TAXIWAY ADJACENT TO RUNWAY 17. WITNESSES STATED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR SPLAYED OUT UPON THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN AND THE RIGHT WING TIP CONTACTED THE GROUND. PILOT CONTINUED TO TAXI TO HANGAR AFTER LANDING. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT LIMITED TO SLIGHT CREASE IN RIGHT WINGTIP LEADING EDGE (NON STRUCTURAL) AND SLIGHTLY BENT RIGHT HAND LANDING GEAR LEG. PILOT STATED THAT HE INSPECTED SOURCE OF POWER LOSS AND HAD ACCESSORY REPAIR STATION DISASSEMBLE AND INSPECT CARBURETOR. ACCESSORY SHOP DETERMINED STICKY CARBURETOR FLOAT HINGE DUE TO UNEVEN WEAR.

## Other reports on N9640B (2)

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

- [Incident 19970619026619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970619026619I), Jun 19, 1997: Cessna 180 (N9640B), Kenai, AK. Narrative: on June 19, 1997, Mr. Twohy, holder of private pilot certificate no. 472582364, departed king salmon, AK on a VFR flight plan to anchorage/merrill…
- [Accident 19910916045539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910916045539A), Sep 16, 1991: Cessna 180 (N9640B), Telida, AK, Substantial damage. Lost directional control landing. Ground looped. Crosswind exceeded aircraft crosswind component. Was low on fuel.

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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