- Date
- June 5, 2010, 18:00 local (Jun 6, 2010, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kenai, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N266VCessna 180
- Defining event
- Taxi: Miscellaneous/other
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 12, 2010
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FA FSDO-03
- FAA report
- 20100605005269A
- Case key
- 76268
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Probable cause
The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing, resulting in the airplane nosing over during taxi.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The private pilot was landing at an off-airport site on a personal flight. Prior to landing he flew over the landing area several times to survey its condition. While taxiing to the edge of the landing area the airplane's tires sank into a hole, causing the airplane to nose over. The pilot said that there were no mechanical problems with the airplane prior to the accident. The airplane's right and left wings and the left wing forward spar sustained substantial damage.
Factual narrative
The private pilot was landing at an off-airport site under Title 14, CFR Part 91, to look for a suitable place to hunt. Prior to landing, he said he flew over the landing area several times to survey its condition. The pilot said while taxiing to the edge of the landing area, the airplane's tires sank into a hole, causing the airplane to nose over. He said there were no mechanical problems with the airplane prior to the accident. The airplane was examined by the National Transportation Safety Board investigator-in-charge (IIC), and the IIC discovered that the right wing, left wing, and left wing forward spar sustained substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N266V
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31215
- Airframe hours
- 3,000
- Engine
- Continental IO- 520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Eibeck David B
- Registered owner
- Eibeck David B
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 15, 2009
- Departed
- Z41 · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- Kenai, AK
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 15, 2009
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 400 total · 300 in this make and model · 400 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 14,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 7, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.0 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N266V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.