# NTSB ANC82DA061: Cessna 180, N5276D, Soldotna, AK, July 12, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: July 12, 1982, 13:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Soldotna, AK
- Coordinates: 60.320846, -150.790237 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.3208&lon=-150.7902&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 12, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72639
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC82DA061
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72639/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DA061

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - from landing
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5276D-2012-12-18), registration cancelled 2012-12-18, S/N 50174, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180a) (registry code 2072604) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 50174
- Airframe hours: 3400
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820712037969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820712037969A), Jul 12, 1982: Cessna 180A, Soldotna, AK, Substantial damage. Taxied into a truck on leaving the landing strip. Not endorsed for the cross country flight.

## Other investigations on N5276D (2)

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 ANC90LA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90LA182), Sep 20, 1990: Cessna 180-A (N5276D), Wood Creek, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO ATTAIN PROPER LIFT OFF AIRSPEED. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS ROUGH AND UNEVEN TERRAIN.
- [NTSB SEA75DYA32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA75DYA32), Feb 20, 1975: Cessna 180 (N5276D), Dubois, ID, substantial damage

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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