# Accident 20190629008439A: Cessna 180H, Wasilla, AK, June 29, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2019, 19:55 local time
- Place: Wasilla, AK
- Airport: Huttunen Strip Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.4818° N, 149.7440° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HUTTUNEN STRIP (79AK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.4818&lon=-149.7440&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9939V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9939V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180H (registry code 2072618, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180H
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 760 total, 78 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190629008439A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT REQUIRED 2 SEAT CUSHIONS TO COMFORTABLY SEE OVER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL.  HE GAVE ONE TO HIS PASSENGER FOR COMFORT.  THE AIRFIELD WAS NARROW AND SLANTED AWAY STEEPLY 1/3 DOWN THE RUNWAY.  THE TEMPERATURE WAS HOT AND HE ELECTED TO START DEPARTURE ROLL FROM THE VERY BEGINNING WHEN HE USUALLY STARTS WHERE THE DOWNWARD SLOPE BEGINS.  HE HIT THE SLOPE AT THE TIME HIS TAIL BEGAN TO FLY.  THE COMBINED GYROSCOPIC EFFECT WITH BOTH THE TAIL COMING UP AND THE TERRAIN SLOPING DOWN VEERED THE AIRCRAFT LEFT UNDETECTABLE TO THE PILOT DUE TO LIMITED FORWARD VISIBILITY OVER THE NOSE.  HE INPUT RUDDER AND RIGHT BREAKING TO CENTER THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO EFFECT DUE TO THE OFFSET FORCE OF THE LEFT WING TIP DRAGGING THROUGH THE WILLOWS.  AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED, THE LEFT WING CAUGHT THE TREES AND GROUND-LOOPED THE AIRPLANE.  THE ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY LOSS OF CONTROL BY THE PILOT.  WE THOROUGHLY DEBRIEFED THE ACCIDENT.  NO OTHER ACTION IS NECESSARY FOR AIRMAN COMPLIANCE.  THE PILOT FULLY UNDERSTOOD THE AERODYNAMIC EFFECTS AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT.  HIS COMPETENCY IS NOT IN QUESTION.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N9939V (1)

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

- [Accident 19880626025579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880626025579A), Jun 26, 1988: Cessna 180H (N9939V), Big River Lake, AK, Substantial damage. After landing on a lake aircraft struck a floating log while taxiing. This caused left wing to impact water.

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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