# Accident 20241129018279A: Cessna 180, King Salmon, AK, November 29, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 2024, 13:05 local time
- Place: King Salmon, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 57.9925° N, 156.8687° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.9925&lon=-156.8687&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9140R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9140R) (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: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 8,700 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC25LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA009) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241129018279A

## Narrative

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

PILOT PLUS ONE PASSENGER TOOK OFF FROM PRIVATE AIRSTRIP ABOUT 5NM ENE OF KING SALMON AIRPORT AND LANDED ON SHORE AT WEST END OF BECHAROF LAKE, ABOUT 40NM SOUTH OF PAKN. LANDING AREA WAS GRAVEL SHORELINE WHERE PILOT HAD LANDED PREVIOUS WEEK AND MANY TIMES PRIOR. ON LANDING ROLLOUT, THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR LEG BROKE JUST ABOVE THE AXLE (STRESS FATIGUE CRACK) RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO PROPELLER, FUESELAGE, AND RIGHT WING AILERON. PILOT AND PASSENGER DID NOT SUFFER ANY INJURIES.

A POSTACCIDENT EXAMINATION BY THE PILOT REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT GEAR FRACTURED A FEW INCHES ABOVE THE AXLE. THE BREAK IN THE GEAR LEG WAS GROUND DOWN BEFORE THE GEAR LEG FOLDED UNDER THE FUSELAGE. THE SEPARATED RIGHT WHEEL ASSEMBLY TRAVELED INTO THE LAKE AND WAS NOT RECOVERED. THE GEAR LEGS WERE LAST MAGNAFLUXED INSPECTED FOR CRACKS 15 YEARS AGO.

## 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 ANC25LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA009), Nov 29, 2024: Cessna 180 (N9140R), Egegik, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A failure of the right main landing gear leg for reasons that could not be determined.

## Other reports on N9140R (1)

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

- [Incident 19960131004209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960131004209I), Jan 31, 1996: Cessna 180 (N9140R), King Salmon, AK, Minor damage. Narrative: on the afternoon of Wednesday, January 31, 1996, the pilot landed his aircraft on an un-named lake north of King Salmon, AK. During roll-out, 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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