- Date
- September 17, 1971
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5222ECessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report May 12, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163735
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3742 71/9/17 ANCHORAGE,ALAS CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 2039 TIME - 1804 N5222E PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 182 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MERRILL FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANCHORAGE,ALAS ANIAK,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: SEATS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PLT SEAT LOCK MECHANISM ALLOWED SEAT TO GO FULL AFT,PLT LOST CTL OF ACFT.SLID BACK 3TIMES DRG TAXI
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5222E
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Merrill Field
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Other investigations on N5222E · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB GAA17CA134Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportTyonek, AKThe pilot’s improper decision to land on a snow-covered airstrip with a tundra tire-equipped airplane, which resulted in a nose-over.NTSB ANC90LA041Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportIliamna, AKThe pilot failed to maintain directional control during landing. Contributing factors were the rough terrain, and the pilot's lack of total and recent experience in that model airplane.