# Accident 20170709024789A: Cessna 180, Anchorage, AK, July 9, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2017, 12:15 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.1897° N, 149.9469° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1897&lon=-149.9469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2429C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2429C-2018-05-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC17LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC17LA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170709024789A

## Narrative

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

N2429C, CESSNA 180 ON FLOATS, OWNED BY PRIVATE OWNER, TOOK OFF FROM LAKE HOOD @ APPROXIMATELY 12PM. THE PILOT HAD TAKEN ON APPROXIMATELY 57 GALLONS OF FUEL FROM INTERNATIONAL AVIATION FUELS PRIOR TO TAKE OFF. THE AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF TO THE NORTH WITH 20 DEGREES OF FLAPS AND CLIMBED TO AN ALTITUDE OF 500FT. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RETRACT THE FLAPS BUT THE FLAPS WOULD NOT RETRACT. PILOT MADE A RIGHT HAND TURN FOR DOWNWIND LEG TO MAKE A  RETURN LANDING AT LAKE HOOD. THE PILOT NOTED HE WAS DOING APPROXIMATELY 75 KNOTS. AS THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TROUBLE SHOOT HIS FLAP ISSUE, THE ENGINE QUIT. PILOT STATED THAT THE PROP WAS WIND MILLING. WITH NO POWER AND A 20 DEGREE FLAP SETTING, THE PILOT LOOKED FOR A PLACE TO LAND, BUT BECAUSE OF THE FLAP MALFUNCTION HE WAS AFRAID TO STALL THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT TOOK A PATH PARALLEL TO COSMIC CIRCLE, HITTING AN APPROXIMATELY 35 FT PINE TREE, A LIGHT POST AND FINALLY THE DUPLEX ON THE CORNER OF COSMIC CIRCLE AND ORION CIRCLE, COMING TO REST ON ORION CIRCLE. THE PILOT STATED HE TURNED OFF THE BATTERY AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. AIRPORT POLICE ARRIVED (CASE # 17-0669), ALONG WITH ANCHORAGE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I ARRIVED AT THE SCENE AT APPROXIMATELY 1310 HRS. MYSELF AND AN NTSB INVESTIGATOR INTERVIEWED THE PILOT, TOOK PICTURES, GATHERED PARTS OF THE AIRCRAFT STREWN FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 BLOCK, SECURED THE AIRCRAFT AND WAITED FOR A LOCAL TRUCKING COMPANY TO REMOVE THE WRECKAGE AND DELIVER IT TO A SECURE LOCATION. I DID RECOVER THE LOGBOOKS FOR THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE OWNER.

## 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 ANC17LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC17LA034), Jul 9, 2017: Cessna 180 (N2429C), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation for undetermined reasons.

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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