# Incident 20141220024119I: Cessna 180J, Nome, AK, December 20, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 2014, 10:30 local time
- Place: Nome, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.5122° N, 165.4453° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.5122&lon=-165.4453&mi=10
- Aircraft: N393B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N393B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180J (registry code 2072622, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-470-R (registry code 17356, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-470-r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC15IA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC15IA006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141220024119I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED NORMAL TAKE OFF ROLL BUT SAID JUST AFTER LIFT OFF, AIRCRAFT WENT INTO UNCOMMANDED RIGHT TURN. PILOT WAS ABLE TO CONTROL AIRCRAFT ENOUGH TO GET BACK DOWN TO THE RUNWAY BUT AS SOON AS HE TOUCHED DOWN, THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY MADE A HARD RIGHT TURN AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY STRIKING A SNOW BERM AS IT LEFT THE RUNWAY. PILOT REPORTED AFTER STRIKING THE BERM, THE AIRCRAFT CEASED IT'S RIGHT TURN AND WENT STRAIGHT UNTIL STOPPING. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND FLIGHT CONTROLS OPERATED NORMALLY, THE TAIL WHEEL HAD BROKEN OFF THE AIRCRAFT, AND THE TAIL WHEEL STEERING CABLES WERE BROKEN. TAIL WHEEL STEERING CABLE CAME OFF PULLEY AND JAMMED RUDDER CONTROLS.

## 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 ANC15IA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC15IA006), Dec 20, 2014: Cessna 180J (N393B), Nome, AK, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The disengagement and subsequent binding of the right tailwheel steering cable, which disabled the rudder system.

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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