# Incident 20180803009839I: Cessna 180K, Fairbanks, AK, August 3, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2018, 14:00 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks Float Pond
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8378° N, 147.7164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairbanks, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8378&lon=-147.7164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2801K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2801K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180K (registry code 2072624, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,866 total, 504 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180803009839I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS TAXING OFF THE BEACH WHEN THE PLANE TURNED HARD RIGHT, THE PILOT APPLIED FULL LEFT RUDDER, BUT THE PLANE CONTINUED RIGHT, PILOT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE ENGINE QUICKLY ENOUGH SO THE PROPELLER CHOPPED INTO THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WING OF THE PLANE PARKED NEXT TO HIM.

## Other reports on N2801K (3)

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

- [Accident 20090402046879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090402046879A), Apr 2, 2009: Cessna 180K (N2801K), Iniakuk Lake, AK, Substantial damage. NTSB# ANC09CA027 ptrs# AL01200902135PILOT landed on Iniakuk Lake which was snow coverd with drifts. The aircraft impacted a drift which took the skis off the…
- [Incident 20080329013629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080329013629I), Mar 29, 2008: Cessna 180K (N2801K), Fairbanks, AK, Minor damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] pilot reported on landing at Fairbanks in ski 1 loss of directional control causing him to veer into the victor taxiway sign…
- [Accident 20020623015279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020623015279A), Jun 23, 2002: Cessna 180K (N2801K), Idaho Falls, ID, No damage. (-23) PIC reported that he was landing on runway 20 with a small crosswind, approx. 5-8 knots. He stated that after touchdown the aircraft (CE-180K, N2801K)…

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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