# Incident 20140303003322I: Cessna 170B, Anchorage, AK, March 3, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 2014, 14:23 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- 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: N1625D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1625D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL C145
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 300 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140303003322I

## Narrative

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

PIC OF 1625D LANDED TO THE EAST ON LAKE HOOD (LHD) EAST-TO-WEST WATER LANE (FROZEN ICE).  PIC LANDED IN FIRST 300' AND TAXIED DOWN THE WATER LANE TO THE END OF GULL ISLAND AND PROCEEDED TO EXECUTE TWO 360 DEGREE TURNS TO THE LEFT.  THE PIC LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING A THIRD TURN THE LEFT AND IMPACTED A TAXI-LIGHT LOCATED ON THE EASTERN END OF GULL ISLAND.  THE PIC INFORMED THE CONTROL TOWER THEY IMPACTED THE TAXI-LIGHT.

THE PIC EXITED THEIR AIRCRAFT WHILE THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING WITH A PASSENGER INSIDE TO REPOSITION THE AIRCRAFT FOR FURTHER TAXI OPERATIONS.  THE PIC TAXIED UP THE NORTHERN CHANNEL FROM THE LOCATION THEY IMPACTED THE TAXI-LIGHT AND CONTINUED TOWARD THEIR PARKING SPOT.  THE PIC WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL HIS AIRCRAFT AND TURNED INTO N5263X, A PARKED AMERICAN CHAMPION CITABRIA.  THE PROPELLER OF N1625D STRUCK N5263X'S LEFT WING TIP.  N1625D'S LEFT WING WENT ABOVE AND ONTO N5263X'S WINGS.  A TOP HOOK ON N5263X PUT A 4" GOUGE UNDER N1625D'S LEFT WING AHEAD OF THE LEFT AILERON.  THE PIC INFORMED ANC TOWER ABOUT HITTING THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PIC THEN SHUT OFF ALL ELECTRONICS AND HAD AN UNIDENTIFIED ONLOOKER HELP THEM DISLODGE THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE PARKED ONE.  THEY MOVED THE AIRCRAFT TO A PARKING SPOT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N5263X, Champion 7GCBC: no report for this aircraft in the release

## Other reports on N1625D (1)

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

- [Accident 19740505010379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740505010379A), May 5, 1974: Cessna 170B (N1625D), Garfield, WA, Substantial damage. Ran off strip into plowed fld.

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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