# Accident 20150830016309A: Cessna 180B, Skwentna, AK, August 30, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2015, 18:30 local time
- Place: Skwentna, AK
- Airport: Skwentna
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.4336° N, 151.4150° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.4336&lon=-151.4150&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59180, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N59180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180B (registry code 2072606, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470R (registry code 17071, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O 470R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 924 total, 50 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC15CA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC15CA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150830016309A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 30 AT 10:30 AM PILOT WAS LANDING AT OFF AIRPORT STRIP SOUTH OF CHILATNA LAKE.  PILOT BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT AND PUT FORWARD PRESSURE ON ELEVATOR TO PLANT AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY.

TOO MUCH FORWARD PRESSURE AND TOO MUCH BRAKING ACTION AND THE AIRCRAFT BECAME INVERTED ON THE RUNWAY.

## 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 ANC15CA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC15CA068), Aug 30, 2015: Cessna 180B (N59180), Skwentna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's excessive use of brakes during the landing roll, which resulted in a nose over.

## Other reports on N59180 (1)

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

- [Accident 20030201000699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030201000699A), Feb 1, 2003: Cessna 180B (N59180), Klamath Falls, OR, Substantial damage. (.19) On February 1, 2003, about 1815 pacific standard time, a Cessna 180B, N59180, sustained substantial damage while landing at the Klamath Falls…

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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