# NTSB ANC24LA096: Cessna 182, N5407B, Buckland, AK, September 14, 2024 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: September 13, 2024, 19:00 local (Sep 14, 2024, 03:00 UTC) - Place: Buckland, AK · River bed - Coordinates: 66.633333, -159.01666 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.6333&lon=-159.0167&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: 1 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): 195177 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC24LA096 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/195177/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=195177 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA096 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072702), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2072702), [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 182, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072702), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that, during the landing roll out on a remote gravel bar, the airplane was not properly aligned with the landing site. The pilot attempted to correct the alignment; however, the airplane ground looped. The airplane subsequently nosed over and came to rest inverted, which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing and rudder. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N5407B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5407B), registered now, S/N 33407 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 182 - Registry model: [Cessna 182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (registry code 2072702) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 33407 - Airframe hours: 4875 - Engines: Continental O-470R 230 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, June 6, 2024, 51 hours before - Departed: PAGA, Galena, AK - Destination: Same as departure - Equipment: Stall warning system, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Electronic multifunction display ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 39; injuries: none; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; last flight review January 8, 2024; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 10,567 total, 139 in this make and model, 8,000 as pilot in command ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 200° at 6 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 5,500 ft broken - Temperature: 54 °F, dew point 36 °F - Altimeter: 29.77 inHg - Turbulence: Light - Observed at: PABL, 64 nm away - METAR: PABL 140256Z AUTO 20006KT 10SM BKN055 BKN065 12/02 A2977 RMK AO2 RAE07 SLP082 P0000 60000 T01170022 55001 ## 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 20240913012959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240913012959A), Sep 13, 2024: Cessna 182, Buckland, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot attempted to land on a gravel bar in a river bed. He lined up his approach at a bad angle. Once he touched down in an effort to turn left with the slope… ## Other investigations on N5407B (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 SEA08CA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA076), Feb 13, 2008: Cessna 182 (N5407B), Livermore, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind condition and failure to maintain directional control during landing. ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 5, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=195177. 4.0 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 3.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17716854&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC24LA096%20NTSB%206120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photo (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 267 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17718256&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC24LA096%20photo-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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.