# Accident 20240913016229A: Cessna 180B, Anchorage, AK, September 13, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2024, 15:53 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Lake Hood
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2387° N, 149.9833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2387&lon=-149.9833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5275E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5275E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180B (registry code 2072606, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 26,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC24LA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA093) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240913016229A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS RETURNING TO PALH AFTER A FLIGHT TO A LAKE NORTHWEST OF PALH. WAS RETURNING TO PALH ALONG THE POWERLINES FOLLOWING THE NORMAL WEST ROUT ARRIVAL. THIS WAKE TURBULANCE EVENT OCCURED APPROXIMATLY 3 MINUTES AND 5 MIES FROM WHERE THE HEAVY AIRCRAFT TRANSISTIONED. THESE PARAMTERS ARE OUTSIDE TEH AREA NORMALLY CONSIDERED DANGEROUG FOR WAKE TURBULANCE, THEREFORE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT PILOT ERROR WAS NOT A FACTOR.

## 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 ANC24LA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA093), Sep 14, 2024: Cessna 180B (N5275E), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s encounter with wake turbulence, which resulted in substantial damage to the airplane.

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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