# Accident 20140929020609A: Cessna 180, Kodiak, AK, September 29, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2014, 13:54 local time
- Place: Kodiak, AK
- Airport: Kodiak
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 57.7522° N, 152.5111° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.7522&lon=-152.5111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2483C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2483C-2022-09-03) (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 IO-520- SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 528 total, 500 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC14CA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14CA089) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140929020609A

## Narrative

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

ON BACK TAXI TO TAKE-OFF ON RUNWAY 25 NEARING THE END OF RUNWAY 07 A GUST OF WIND HIT THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE 180 TURN TO ALIGN FOR TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 25. WHILE TURNING THE RIGHT TIRE BLEW OUT CAUSING THE RIGHT WING TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY DAMAGING THE WING-TIP.  DURING FURTHER INSPECTION IT WAS NOTED THE RIGHT WING SPAR HAS A SLIGHT WRINKLE.

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## 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 ANC14CA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14CA089), Sep 29, 2014: Cessna 180 (N2483C), Kodiak, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilots failure to maintain control of the airplane while taxiing in gusty wind conditions.

## Other reports on N2483C (1)

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

- [Incident 19810703053399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810703053399I), Jul 3, 1981: Cessna 180 (N2483C), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. Airplane weather vaned into wind on landing. CFI got on the controls to correct. Airplane ground looped.

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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