# Accident 20180613011812A: Cessna 175, Anchorage, AK, June 13, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 2018, 11:45 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2708° N, 150.5522° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2708&lon=-150.5522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9423B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9423B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175 (registry code 2072502, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360-A1D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,210 total, 1,284 in this make and model, 193 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC18FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC18FA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180613011812A

## Narrative

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

PILOT OF N9423B A CESSNA 175 WAS IN LEVEL CRUISE FLIGHT AT AN ALTITUDE OF 1000 FT. ABOVE SEA LEVEL, APPROX. 20 MILES NORTH WEST OF ANCHORAGE, HEADING EAST. HE BEGAN TALKING ON THE RADIO WITH THE PILOT OF A PIPER SUPER CUB ( IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN VISUAL SEPERATION), WHICH WAS PASSING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. HE STATED THAT AS HE WATCHED THE PIPER SUPER CUB PASS BELOW  HIS AIRPLANE, HE NOTICED THE SHADOW OF AN AIRPLANE CONVERGING WITH THE SHADOW OF HIS AIRPLANE. ALARMED, HE LOOKED UP AND SAW THE CONVERGING AIRCRAFT IN FRONT OF HIM. THE PILOT STATED HE IMMEDIATELY PULLED BACK ON THE YOKE. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED AND BOTH AIRCRAFT COLLIDED. AFTER THE COLLISION THE OTHER CESSNA 207 DECENDED UNCONTROLLED INTO THE BIG SUSITNA RIVER. HE STATED THAT, AFTER THE COLLISION HE ASSESSED THE CONDITION OF HIS AIRCRAFT AND CIRCLED OVER THE WRECKAGE OF THE DOWNED CESSNA SEVERAL TIMES, LOOKING FOR SURVIVORS, MARKING HIS LOCATION, AND USING HIS RADIO TO ENLIST ASSISTANCE FROM ANY PILOTS IN THE AREA. REALIZING THAT NO ONE HAD ESCAPED THE PARTIALLY SUNKEN WRECKAGE OF THE CESSNA 207, THE PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO PALH WHERE HE MADE A SUCCESSFULL EMERGENCEY LANDING WITHOUT INJURY.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N91038, Cessna 207: [Accident 20180613011822A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180613011822A)

## 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 ANC18FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC18FA045), Jun 13, 2018: Cessna 175 (N9423B), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of both pilots to see and avoid the other airplane while in level cruise flight, which resulted in a midair collision.

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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