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Accident · Minor damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 180H · Palmer, AK · April 9, 2011

Date
April 9, 2011 · 13:30 local
Place
Palmer, AK
Airport
Palmer Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2709X
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC11CA024
Reported as
Cessna 180H
Reported engine
Continental O-470 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
6,800 total8 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot landed long, unable to keep aircraft longitudanaly lined up with the runway the aircraft ground looped. The ground loop caused the left tire to come off of the left rim and the right wing hit the ground. The right wing tip sustained minimum damage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDED LONG, UNABLE TO KEEP AIRCRAFT LONGITUDANALY LINED UP WITH THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED. THE GROUND LOOP CAUSED THE LEFT TIRE TO COME OFF OF THE LEFT RIM AND THE RIGHT WING HIT THE GROUND. THE RIGHT WING TIP SUSTAINED MINIMUM DAMAGE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.