What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On may 14, 2016, at approximently 1345 Alaska daylight time (akdst), a Cessna 180H airplane, N2423F, ground looped shortly after landing on a gravel runway (runway 22S) at the Wasilla airport (paws), Wasilla, Alaska.
The pilot in command and two passengers were uninjured. The airplane sustained substantial right wing and tail wheel damage when the aircraft made contact with the ground during the ground loop when it departed the gravel runway surface on onto the adjacent paved runway, runway 22.
The airplane was registered to a private individual and was operated by the pilot privacy data omittedrt 91 personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of landing, and the flight was not operated on a flight plan. The flight originated from talkeetna, Alaska (tatk) at 1208 akdst.
As the FAA filed it
ON MAY 14, 2016, AT APPROXIMENTLY 1345 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME (AKDST), A CESSNA 180H AIRPLANE, N2423F, GROUND LOOPED SHORTLY AFTER LANDING ON A GRAVEL RUNWAY (RUNWAY 22S) AT THE WASILLA AIRPORT (PAWS), WASILLA, ALASKA.
THE PILOT IN COMMAND AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE UNINJURED. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL RIGHT WING AND TAIL WHEEL DAMAGE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND DURING THE GROUND LOOP WHEN IT DEPARTED THE GRAVEL RUNWAY SURFACE ON ONTO THE ADJACENT PAVED RUNWAY, RUNWAY 22.
THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL AND WAS OPERATED BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^RT 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF LANDING, AND THE FLIGHT WAS NOT OPERATED ON A FLIGHT PLAN. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM TALKEETNA, ALASKA (TATK) AT 1208 AKDST.
NTSB investigation
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