# Accident 20150822024029A: Cessna 180A, Homer, AK, August 22, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2015, 10:15 local time
- Place: Homer, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: P6KC
- Location: 60.0428° N, 152.5922° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.0428&lon=-152.5922&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9588B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9588B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180A (registry code 2072604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,600 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 175 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC15CA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC15CA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150822024029A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE BEACH AT SILVER SALMON CREEK. AFTER LANDING AND AT THE END OF ROLLOUT THE RIGHT TIRE HIT A SAND DRIFT AND THE AIRCRAFT SPUN AROUND LIKE A GROUND LOOP STRIKING THE LEFT WING AND LEFT ELEVATOR. THREE PASSENGERS ON BOARD- NO INJURIES.

## 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 ANC15CA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC15CA065), Aug 22, 2015: Cessna 180 (N9588B), Homer, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of directional control during landing, resulting in a collision with terrain.

## Other reports on N9588B (1)

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

- [Accident 20060724016119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060724016119A), Jul 24, 2006: Cessna 180A (N9588B), Homer, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) On 7/24/06, at approximately 12:30 local time, N9588B, a Cessna 180A, sustained substantial damage while landing on an unimproved dirt airstrip on the…

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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