# Accident 20190711009869A: Cessna 180H, Talkeetna, AK, July 11, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2019, 09:17 local time
- Place: Talkeetna, AK
- Airport: Talkeenta Village Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.3194° N, 150.1133° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.3194&lon=-150.1133&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91299, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N91299) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,829 total, 168 in this make and model, 66 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA402](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA402) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190711009869A

## Narrative

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

PILOT PROVIDED STATEMENT.

STARTED AIRCRAFT. PERFORMED AFTER START CHECKLIST. RECEIVED WEATHER INFORMATION FROM TALKEETNA FLIGHT SERVICE ON 135.200 MHZ. RELEASED PARKING BRAKE AND BEGAN TAXI FROM SOUTH TRANSIENT PARKING TO RUNWAY 19.

RELEASED PARKING BRAKE. CALLED TOWER.

ADDED FULL TAKEOFF POWER. DID NOT USE FLAPS FOR TAKEOFF. DEPARTED RUNWAY 19 AT APPROXIMATELY 0855 ALASKA TIME.

SHORT FINAL, OVER THRESHOLD, SET FLAPS FULL 40 DEGREES. PERFORMED SHORT AND SOFT FIELD LANDING TECHNIQUE, SETTING DOWN GENTLY, WITHOUT BOUNCE, THREE POINT ATTITUDE, FULL BACK ELEVATOR CONTROL. AIRCRAFT INITIALLY FELT NORMAL. APPROXIMATELY 2 SECONDS AFTER TOUCHDOWN, AIRCRAFT TAIL BEGAN LIFTING OFF OF THE GROUND SURFACE. I CONFIRMED MY FEET WERE ON THE FLOOR, BRAKES NOT ACTUATED, MAINTAINED FULL REAR ELEVATOR CONTROL. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT TRANSITIONED FROM DAMP GRASS TO DRY DIRT/GRAVEL, THE TAIL LIFTED RAPIDLY, ULTIMATELY CAUSING THE NOSECONE AND PROPELLER TO CONTACT THE GROUND. THE PLANE SLOWED ITS RATE OF TAIL LIFTING, BUT CONTINUED OVER CENTER RESULTING IN THE FULL INVERSION OF THE AIRCRAFT ONTO ITS BACK.

UPON REENTERING THE PLANE, I REALIZED THE PARKING BRAKE HAD NOT FULLY RELEASED AND WAS CAUGHT ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PANEL. AFTER FLIPPING THE PLANE BACK TO ITS UPRIGHT POSITION, I ATTEMPTED TO SET AND RELEASE THE PARKING BRAKE MULTIPLE TIMES. THE PARKING BRAKE WOULD NEVER RETURN TO FULLY 'OFF'  OR RELEASED POSITION WITHOUT JOSTLING THE CABLE. NO DAMAGE WAS INDICATED IN THE PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM AFTER THE ACCIDENT. IT IS MY OPINION THAT THE PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM HAD BECOME 'STICKY', REQUIRING LUBRICANT.

DUE TO TAKING OFF (FULL POWER) WITHOUT FLAPS IN A LIGHTLY LOADED AIRCRAFT, I DID NOT NOTICE THE DRAGGING OF THE PARTIALLY ACTUATED PARKING BRAKE. LANDING (POWER IDLE) WITH FULL, 40 DEGREES OF FLAPS CAUSED THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT TO REMAIN IN A HIGHER POSITION, DUE TO THE LARGE CHANGE IN THE CENTER OF LIFT AND FORWARD PITCHING MOMENT AND LACK OF AIR OVER THE HORIZONTAL AND ELEVATOR.

08/08/2019: WAITING FOR A CALL BACK FROM PIC TO COMPLETE THE REPORT.

## 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 GAA19CA402](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA402), Jul 11, 2019: Cessna 180 (N91299), Talkeetna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper soft-field landing technique, which resulted in a nose-over.

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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