# Accident 20160703010389A: Cessna 180C, Nome, AK, July 3, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2016, 20:45 local time
- Place: Nome, AK
- Airport: Nome City Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.5136° N, 165.3856° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.5136&lon=-165.3856&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9203T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9203T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180C (registry code 2072608, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 537 total, 266 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC16CA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16CA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160703010389A

## Narrative

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

PIC WAS ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 21 AT CITY FIELD NOME ALASKA AT APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET AGL AND 70 MPH WITH A 28 KNOT QUARTERING HEAD WIND . THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED DRASTICALLY, WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE BARRICADE POSITIONED APPROXIMATELY 90 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD. THE PIC LANDED THE AIRPLANE ON THE RUNWAY WITHOUT 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 ANC16CA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16CA040), Jul 4, 2016: Cessna 180 (N9203T), Nome, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate glide path during landing, which resulted in the airplane landing short of the runway and impacting a barricade. Contributing to the accident was 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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