- Date
- July 12, 1982, 13:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Soldotna, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5276DCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820712037969A
- Case key
- 72639
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
On ground/water collision with object
Clearance - misjudgedCause
Analysis
After landing at a private airstrip the pilot taxied into a parked truck. The left wing of the aircraft was substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5276D
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 50174
- Airframe hours
- 3,400
- Engine
- Continental O-470-K, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James Walter Hawkins
- Registered owner
- James Walter Hawkins
- Departed
- Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- Soldotna, AK
- Airport
- AK33 · Mackeys Lakes
N5276DRegistration cancelled Dec 18, 2012 · Cessna 180AAirframe modelCessna 180AEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 165 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 140 °F
- Observed at
- SXQ, 22 nm away
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 N5276D · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.