# Incident 20130617011709I: Cessna 180, Anchorage, AK, June 17, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2013, 18:30 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4900A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4900A) (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 MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 10,500 total, 300 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130617011709I

## Narrative

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

PIC ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RWY 16 WITH WIND 190@08G16.  PIC LANDED FASTER THAN NORMAL DUE TO WIND CONDITIONS.   UPON LANDING, TAIL WHEEL BEGAN TO SHIMMY, SO PIC APPLIED FORWARD YOKE TO RAISE TAIL WHEEL OFF THE GROUND.  PIC LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WHEN CAUGHT BY A WIND GUST, AND ALLOWED THE LEFT WING TIP TO CONTACT THE GROUND, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AILERON, WING, AND WING TIP EXTENSION.

## Other reports on N4900A (2)

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

- [Accident 19970930029389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970930029389A), Sep 30, 1997: Cessna 180 (N4900A), King Salmon, AK, Substantial damage. Crashed on landing, other circumstances unknown. (.4)the airplane departed a rough, rocky, gravel bar. During the subsequent landing roll at the pilot's gravel…
- [Accident 19770701016819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770701016819A), Jul 1, 1977: Cessna 180 (N4900A), Champain Il, IL, Substantial damage

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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