# NTSB ANC06CA062: Cessna 180, N9389C, Anchorage, AK, May 25, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: May 25, 2006, 10:05 local (18:05 UTC)
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Coordinates: 61.213611, -149.844451
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2136&lon=-149.8445&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 3, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 63772
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC06CA062
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63772/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06CA062

## Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing during the landing flare/touchdown, which resulted in a loss of control, the right wing striking the runway, and subsequent nose down when the airplane departed the runway.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - runway
- Nose down, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

The private certificated pilot was landing at the conclusion of a CFR Part 91 cross-country flight.  The pilot reported that she flared too high and bounced the landing.  During the recovery attempt, she said the right wing struck the runway, the airplane departed the runway surface, and then nosed down.  The pilot indicated that the wind conditions were calm.  The airplane received damage to the right wing and propeller.

## Factual narrative

The private certificated pilot was landing at the conclusion of a CFR Part 91 cross-country flight.  The pilot reported that she flared too high and bounced the landing.  During the recovery attempt, she said the right wing struck the runway, the airplane departed the runway surface, and then nosed down.  The pilot indicated that the wind conditions were calm.  The airplane received damage to the right wing and propeller.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9389C](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9389C), registered now, S/N 31787, built 1955 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 31787
- Engines: Continental O-470J reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Nancy Eoff
- Registered owner: Nancy Eoff
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: PASX, Soldotna, AK
- Destination: PAMR, Anchorage, AK
- Airport: PAMR, Merrill Field, runway 34

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3; flight hours: 514 total, 514 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20060525010119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060525010119A), May 25, 2006: Cessna 180, Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) According to the pilot, she approached for landing on runway 34 at Merrill field, Anchorage, Alaska. She stated she flared for landing too high above the…

## Other investigations on N9389C (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 LAX77DUM11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77DUM11), Jan 1, 1977: Cessna 180 (N9389C), Calexico, CA, substantial damage

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.

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