# Accident 20130723015719A: Cessna 180A, Anchorage, AK, July 23, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2013, 20:40 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Ted Stevens Anchorage International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.1742° N, 149.9981° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1742&lon=-149.9981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4814, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4814) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180A (registry code 2072604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC13LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC13LA067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130723015719A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRMAN LANDED HIS CESSNA 180 ON RUNWAY 7L JUST BEFORE TAXI WAY ?D? AT ANCHORAGE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (ANC). AIRMAN STATED THAT IMMEDIATELY AFTER TOUCH DOWN ON THE MAIN WHEELS, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED HARD RIGHT AND GROUND LOOPED. HE STATED THAT HE CORRECTED WITH LEFT RUDDER BUT DID NOT USE ANY POWER APPLICATION IN AN ATTEMPT TO REGAIN CONTROL. THE LEFT MAIN COLLAPSED INBOARD, ALLOWING THE LEFT WING, STABILIZER, FUSELAGE AND PROPELLER TO CONTACT THE PAVEMENT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP STILL ON THE RUNWAY AND NO DAMAGE TO RUNWAY LIGHTS OCCURRED. RUNWAY 7L/25R WAS CLOSED FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS WHILE THE CESSNA 180 WAS RECOVERED FROM THE RUNWAY. WIND WAS 270° AT 4KTS

## 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 ANC13LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC13LA067), Jul 24, 2013: Cessna 180A (N4814), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of directional control of the airplane during a wheel landing.

## Other reports on N4814 (1)

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

- [Accident 20060524010449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060524010449A), May 24, 2006: Cessna 180A (N4814), Soldotna, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) At approximately 1815 adt, on may 24, 2006, the pilot attempted to land his Cessna 180 on a 2500' gravel airstrip eight miles east of Soldotna, Alaska.…

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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