# Incident 20130914018589I: Cessna 180, Soldotna, AK, September 14, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2013, 15:45 local time
- Place: Soldotna, AK
- Airport: Soldotna
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.4751° N, 151.0396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOLDOTNA (SXQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.4751&lon=-151.0396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3043E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3043E-2016-08-29) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,678 total, 500 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130914018589I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS TAXIING ACROSS RAMP TO RUNWAY AFTER FUELING.  PILOT NOTICED HIS SAFETY HARNESS HAD PULLED OUT OF THE BUCKLE AND REACHED DOWN TO RE-FASTEN IT.  THE PILOT BECAME DISTRACTED BY THE SAFETY-HARNESS, LOST CONTROL AND COLLIDED WITH A VEHICLE PARKED IN AN AIRCRAFT TIE-DOWN SPOT.  THE CAUSAL FACTOR WAS THE PILOT'S INATTENTION TO TAXIING THE AIRCRAFT.  CONTRIBUTING FACTORS INCLUDE TAXIING INTO THE SUN AND 31" BUSH TIRES RESTRICTING VISIBILITY ON THE GROUND.

## Other reports on N3043E (2)

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

- [Accident 20150822016399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150822016399A), Aug 22, 2015: Cessna 180 (N3043E), Kasilof, AK, Substantial damage, 2 fatal. On August 22, 2015, about 2020 Alaska daylight time, a wheel-equipped Cessna 180 airplane, N3043E, sustained substantial damage after impacting tree-covered…
- [Accident 20080421835389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080421835389A), Apr 21, 2008: Cessna 180 (N3043E), Kodiak, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) On April 21, 2008, at 11:30 Alaska daylight time, a tundra tire equiped Cessna 180, N3043E, sustained substantial damage as a result of loss of control…

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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