# Incident 20180504004649I: Cessna 180, Talkeetna, AK, May 4, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2018, 16:00 local time
- Place: Talkeetna, AK
- Airport: Talkeetna
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.3214° N, 150.0927° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TALKEETNA (TKA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.3214&lon=-150.0927&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54AF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54AF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 27 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180504004649I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD ONLY ABOUT 27 HOURS TOTAL IN THE C180 SERIES AIRCRAFT AND MEET THE MINIMUM RECENCY FLIGHT EXPERIENCE FOR CARRYING PASSENGERS, 3 TAKESOFFS AND LANDING IN THE LAST 90 DAYS. PILOT STATED THAT UPON LANDING AND ROLLOUT THAT HE UNDER ANTICIPATED THE TURN FOR THE TAXI WAY AND GROUND LOOPED THE AIRCRAFT FAILING TO MAINTAIN PROPER DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE. THE INCIDENT WAS AT LOW SPEED WHICH RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO ONLY THE WING TIP COVERS/NAV LIGHT. NO OTHER DAMAGE OBSERVED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BROUGHT TO A FACILITY ON THE FIELD FOR REPAIRS.

SEE PTRS# 201803066 AND 201803233

## Other reports on N54AF (1)

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

- [Accident 20160902015849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160902015849A), Sep 2, 2016: Cessna 180 (N54AF), Yakutat, AK, Substantial damage. Description: On September 2nd 2016 at about 1700 local time, a privately owned Cessna 180, N54AF, with one pilot and no passengers made a short part 91 flight…

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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