# Accident 20200705007549A: Cessna 180C, Anchorage, AK, July 5, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2020, 10:58 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Lake Hood
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.1867° N, 149.9653° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1867&lon=-149.9653&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9185T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9185T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180C (registry code 2072608, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,168 total, 848 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC20LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC20LA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200705007549A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED REDSHIRT LAKE AND STATED CONDITIONS ON TAKEOFF WERE CHOPPY BUT  DEPARTURE WAS UNEVENTFUL. UPON LANDING AT LAKE HOOD (PALH) PILOT STATES A NORMAL APPROACH AND TOUCHDOWN. DURING LANDING ROLL IN WATER THE AIRCRAFT AGGRESSIVELY FLIPED OVER TO THE LEFT FOR UNKNOWN REASONS. PILOT AND PASSENGER EVACUATED UNEVENTFULLY AND WERE PICKED UP BY RESCUE BOAT.

## 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 ANC20LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC20LA065), Jul 5, 2020: Cessna 180 (N9185T), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the left float bottom due to corrosion, which resulted in a loss of control during the water landing.

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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