# Accident 20080510838619A: Cessna 172A, Birchwood, AK, May 10, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2008, 09:35 local time
- Place: Birchwood, AK
- Airport: Birchwood
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.4164° N, 149.5072° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.4164&lon=-149.5072&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7598T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7598T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172A (registry code 2072404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172A
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 230 total, 113 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC08CA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08CA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080510838619A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 10 MAY 2008 AT 0935 LOCAL ALASKA TIME 7598T, A CESSNA TAILWHEEL CE-172 ON A PRIVATE PILOTED, PLEASURE FLIGHT FROM MERRILL FIELD, ANCHORAGE, AK LANDED, VEERED LEFT AND GROUND-LOOPED ON RUNWAY 19R AT THE BIRCHWOOD, ALASKA AIRPORT.  DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT IS SUBSTANTIAL.

## 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 ANC08CA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08CA064), May 10, 2008: Cessna 172 (N7598T), Chugiak, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident was an inadvertent ground loop/swerve.

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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