# Accident 20140327005229A: Cessna 180, Fairbanks, AK, March 27, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 2014, 13:35 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Dalrymple Airstrip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.4900° N, 147.2500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.4900&lon=-147.2500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3125D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3125D) (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: 72 total, 23 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC14CA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14CA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140327005229A

## Narrative

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

AN ONSITE INSPECTION OF N3125D AND THE ACCIDENT SITE WAS PERFORMED. THE RUNWAY ORIENTATION IS EAST/WEST. THE PILOT TAXIED TO THE EAST AND TURNED AROUND. THE CE-180 WAS ON STRAIGHT SKIS. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS TAXING TO THE WEST AND STARTED TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT. HE ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT WITH FULL RIGHT PEDAL. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED DRIFTING LEFT TOWARDS TREES AND THE PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER, ATTEMPTING TO GAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. WHEN IT BECAME APPARENT THAT HE WAS GOING INTO THE TREES, THE PILOT CUT POWER.  THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE TREES WITH THE LEFT WING. THE AIRCRAFT PIVOTED AND STRUCK A POWER POLE WITH THE RIGHT WING. BOTH WINGS, THE ENGINE COWLING AND THE DOOR STRUCTURE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THIS ALIGNED WITH THE WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM THE PILOT.  THE ONLY AREA THAT THE PILOT COULD NOT EXPLAIN WAS IF HE HAD NOT YET DONE A TAKE- OFF CHECK, WHY WERE THE FLAPS AT 20-30 DEGREES DOWN. THE FLAP HANDLE WAS UP TO EITHER THE 20 OR 30 DEGREE POSITION.  BOTH REAR WINDOWS SHOW MARKS AND PAINT TRANSFER FROM THE FLAPS AT A 20-30 DEGREE POSITION. THE PILOT ORIGINALLY STATED THAT HE WAS TAXING WITH NO INTENT FOR FLIGHT, BUT DURING THE INTERVIEW HE STATED THAT HE WAS TAXIING TO ENSURE THERE WAS NOT FROST ON HIS SKIS AND TO WARM UP PRIOR TO DEPARTURE.

## 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 ANC14CA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14CA021), Mar 27, 2014: Cessna 180 (N3125D), North Pole, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane while taxiing on a snow covered runway, which resulted in a collision with a terrain.

## Other reports on N3125D (2)

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

- [Accident 20180622008449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180622008449A), Jun 22, 2018: Cessna 180 (N3125D), Gold King Creek, AK, Substantial damage. [privacy data omitted] Landed on a 1000 foot dirt runway about 5 miles sw of Gold King Creek Alaska with 1 passenger on board. He said everything was going…
- [Accident 19770409007199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770409007199A), Apr 9, 1977: Cessna 180 (N3125D), Fairbanks, AK, 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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