# NTSB ANC23LA044: Cessna 180, N9214C, Talkeetna, AK, June 19, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: June 19, 2023, 11:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Talkeetna, AK
- Coordinates: 62.319844, -150.09445
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.3198&lon=-150.0944&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 192409
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC23LA044
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/192409/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=192409
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC23LA044

## Probable cause

A loss of directional control, while landing, due to a flat main landing gear tire.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Landing gear system: tire casing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023244): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Damaged/degraded (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 180, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023244/cases.md?model=2072602), [All aircraft, 36 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023244/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained; cases with it: [Cessna 180, 64 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2072602), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 180, 80 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072602), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot of a tailwheel equipped airplane reported that, during landing and upon touchdown, the airplane veered abruptly to the right with a lower-than-normal right wing. He applied left rudder and brake and the airplane veered to the left and exited the runway. The right main landing gear wheel dug into the gravel, the airplane spun and the right wingtip struck the ground. The right wing sustained substantial damage. The pilot discovered the right main landing gear tire was flat.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9214C](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9214C), registered now, S/N 31313 (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: 31313
- Year built: 1954
- Airframe hours: 3850
- Engines: Continental O470R 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 1, 2022, 15 hours before
- Departed: ANC, Anchorage, AK
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: TKA, Talkeetna Airport, runway 01, 3,500 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Handheld GPS

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 74; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review May 4, 2023; seat: right; restraint: lap only; flight hours: 2,800 total, 2,100 in this make and model, 2,800 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days, 0 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 30.10 inHg
- Observed at: PATK
- METAR: PATK 191953Z 19006KT 10SM CLR 19/07 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP195 T01890067 $

## Other investigations on N9214C (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 ANC77DAA48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC77DAA48), Aug 30, 1977: Cessna 180 (N9214C), Kotzebue, AK, substantial damage

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 26, 2023, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=192409. 665 KB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 602 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15942730&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC23LA044%206120-Rel.pdf
- Memorandum for no photographs (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 62 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15942932&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC23LA044%20Memo%20no%20Photographs-Rel.pdf

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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