# Accident 20160514005789A: Cessna 180H, Wasilla, AK, May 14, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2016, 13:45 local time
- Place: Wasilla, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.5728° N, 149.5389° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.5728&lon=-149.5389&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2423F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2423F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180H (registry code 2072618, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180H
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 251 total, 40 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC16CA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16CA027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160514005789A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 ANC16CA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16CA027), May 14, 2016: Cessna 180 (N2423F), Wasilla, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a collision with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the loose dirt and gravel deposited in the center of…

## Other reports on N2423F (2)

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

- [Accident 19940318005939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940318005939A), Mar 18, 1994: Cessna 180 (N2423F), Eureka Lodge, AK, Substantial damage. Lost directional control landing on a highway struck snow berm. Skelton strip at Lodge was unplowed.
- [Accident 19730704017039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730704017039A), Jul 4, 1973: Cessna 180H (N2423F), Gilgo Beach, NY, Substantial damage. Float eqpd,tkof made in area congested with boats and people in water. Acft staggered off nose hi.

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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