# Accident 20140714010629A: Cessna 180H, Seward, AK, July 14, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2014, 09:30 local time
- Place: Seward, AK
- Airport: Patton Bay - Montague Is.
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.9167° N, 147.4947° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.9167&lon=-147.4947&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9083M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9083M-2017-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180H (registry code 2072618, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180H
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,309 total, 88 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC14LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14LA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140714010629A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 14, 2014, AIRCRAFT N9083M TOOK OFF FROM WOLF LAKE AIRPORT(4AK6). THE INTENDED LANDING POINT WAS A BEACH LOCATED AT PATTON BAY ON MONTAGUE ISLAND, AK. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ON THE INITIAL TOUCHDOWN AND DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT, THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL ASSEMBLY SEPARATED. THE SEPARATION OF THE RIGHT WHEEL CAUSED THE RIGHT GEAR LEG TO FOLD UNDER THE FUSELAGE. THE RIGHT WING, FROM THE WING TIP TO THE WING FLAP RECEIVED DAMAGE WITH POSSIBLE WING SPAR DAMAGE. THE PROPELLER WAS ALSO DAMAGED BY GROUND CONTACT.

## 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 ANC14LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14LA054), Jul 14, 2014: Cessna 180H (N9083M), Seward, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s execution of a hard uncoordinated landing, which resulted in the overstress fracture of the right main landing gear (MLG) axle attachment bolts and the subsequent separation of the of the…

## Other reports on N9083M (3)

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

- [Accident 20110927029319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110927029319A), Sep 27, 2011: Cessna 180H (N9083M), Chenga, AK, Substantial damage. While landing on a strip on montague island the aircrafts right wintip touched some alder branches which pulled the aircraft in a manner that caused a ground…
- [Incident 19860511024759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860511024759I), May 11, 1986: Cessna 180H (N9083M), Sardis, TN. Eight inches of one propeller blade separated in flight. Landed on interstate.
- [Accident 19790711018269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790711018269A), Jul 11, 1979: Cessna 180 (N9083M), Cody, WY, Substantial damage. Struck telephone pole during final approach to sod strip. Possible factor downdraft or windshear.

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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