# NTSB ANC06CA083: Cessna 180, N2868K, Anchorage, AK, July 2, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: July 2, 2006, 10:33 local (18:33 UTC)
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Coordinates: 61.186943, -149.96527
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1869&lon=-149.9653&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 29, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 64044
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC06CA083
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64044/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06CA083

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll, which resulted in the left wing striking the ground and a runway edge light.  Factors contributing to the accident were the pilot's inadvertent application of the right brake, and an inadvertent ground loop.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - brakes(normal) - inadvertent activation, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - runway
  - object - runway light

## Analysis

The commercial certificated pilot reported that he was landing a tailwheel-equipped airplane while conducting a Title 14, CFR Part 91 personal flight.  During the landing roll, as the pilot was making a right rudder application, the nose abruptly veered to the right.  The pilot reported that the airplane ground looped to the right, and the left wingtip and left aileron struck the ground.  The lens covering a runway edge light fixture was also broken.  He said that he inadvertently applied the right brake as he was applying the right rudder correction.

## Factual narrative

The commercial certificated pilot reported that he was landing a tailwheel-equipped airplane while conducting a Title 14, CFR Part 91 personal flight.  During the landing roll, as the pilot was making a right rudder application, the nose abruptly veered to the right.  The pilot reported that the airplane ground looped to the right, and the left wingtip and left aileron struck the ground.  The lens covering a runway edge light fixture was also broken.  He said that he inadvertently applied the right brake as he was applying the right rudder correction.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2868K](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2868K), registered now, S/N 18053105, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180k) (registry code 2072624) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18053105
- Engines: Continental O-470 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Mark D. Myers
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: Z41, Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Z41, Lake Hood Strip, runway 31

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2; flight hours: 820 total, 222 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## 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 20060702011849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060702011849A), Jul 2, 2006: Cessna 180K, Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) The aircraft ground looped after landing on lake Hood strip runway 31. According to the pilot, on roll out he was slightly off center and tried to…

## Other investigations on N2868K (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 FTW80FQA30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FQA30), Jul 6, 1980: Cessna 180K (N2868K), Santa Fe, NM, 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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