# Incident 20080329013629I: Cessna 180K, Fairbanks, AK, March 29, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2008, 21:00 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8154° N, 147.8567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRBANKS INTL (FAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8154&lon=-147.8567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2801K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2801K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180K (registry code 2072624, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180K
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 100 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080329013629I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOT REPORTED ON LANDING AT FAIRBANKS IN SKI 1 LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL CAUSING HIM TO VEER INTO THE VICTOR TAXIWAY SIGN DAMAGING THE PROPELLER. PILOT WAS RETURNING FROM EAST TWIN LAKES WHEN HIS SKI EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED HARD WIND PACKED DRIFTS FOR TAKE OFF AND LANDING. IT APPEARS THESE CONDITIONS CAUSED THE TAIL SKI REAR ATTACH POINT FAILURE LEADING TO THE LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL INCIDENT AT FAIRBANKS.

## Other reports on N2801K (3)

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

- [Incident 20180803009839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180803009839I), Aug 3, 2018: Cessna 180K (N2801K), Fairbanks, AK, Minor damage. Pilot was taxing off the beach when the plane turned hard right, the pilot applied full left rudder, but the plane continued right, pilot was unable to stop…
- [Accident 20090402046879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090402046879A), Apr 2, 2009: Cessna 180K (N2801K), Iniakuk Lake, AK, Substantial damage. NTSB# ANC09CA027 ptrs# AL01200902135PILOT landed on Iniakuk Lake which was snow coverd with drifts. The aircraft impacted a drift which took the skis off the…
- [Accident 20020623015279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020623015279A), Jun 23, 2002: Cessna 180K (N2801K), Idaho Falls, ID, No damage. (-23) PIC reported that he was landing on runway 20 with a small crosswind, approx. 5-8 knots. He stated that after touchdown the aircraft (CE-180K, N2801K)…

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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