# Accident 20200719010589A: Cessna 180, Bear Valley, AK, July 19, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2020, 19:00 local time
- Place: Bear Valley, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.0575° N, 149.7300° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.0575&lon=-149.7300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2929C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2929C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 250 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR20CA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA233) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200719010589A

## Narrative

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

ON 7/19/20 AT 1942HRS LOCAL N2929C SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AFTER IT NOSED OVER ON ITS BACK AFTER LANDING ON A MOUNTAIN RIDGE IN BEAR VALLEY ALASKA.

THE PILOT AND A FRIEND DEPARTED GIRDWOOD ALASKA.  THE PILOT REPORTED HE FLEW A LEFT PATTERN AND LANDED ON THE REMOTE STRIP TO THE SOUTH.  AFTER LANDING HE CONTINUED TO TAXI UP THE RUNWAY CREST TO THE TURN AROUND AREA.  AS HE WAS TURNING AROUND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND WENT UPSIDE DOWN ON ITS BACK.

THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.

DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS

SUBSTANTIAL AND CONSISTED OF A PROPELLER STRIKE THAT CURLED BOTH TIPS AFT, DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING TIP, SKIN WRINKLING ON BOTH WINGS AND TO THE FUSELAGE BEHIND THE PILOT AND CO-PILOT DOORS.  ALSO THE RIGHT WING-STRUT WAS BENT.

## 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 WPR20CA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA233), Jul 20, 2020: Cessna 180 (N2929C), Bear Valley, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's over application of brakes during taxi, which resulted in a nose over.

## Other reports on N2929C (1)

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

- [Accident 20050629014669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050629014669A), Jun 29, 2005: Cessna 180 (N2929C), Redding, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) According to the pilot, he was landing on a dirt strip located near the shoreline of the iron canyon reservoir. During his final approach over the…

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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