ANC83FA094

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna C-180 · Willow, AK · June 10, 1983

Accident · No injuriesField investigationFinal report
Date
June 10, 1983, 15:15 local (23:15 UTC)
Place
Willow, AK
Injuries
2 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N3334DCessna C-180
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed
Report
Approved by Office Director
NTSB office
Alaska Regional Office
FAA report
19830610024869A
Case key
4028

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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.

Loss of control - on ground/waterLanding - roll
Brakes(normal) - excessiveDual studentCause
Lack of recent experience in kind of aircraftPilot in command(cfi)Cause
Supervision - inadequatePilot in command(cfi)Cause
Nose overLanding - roll

Analysis

The acft nosed over during landing while on a dual instructional flt. The CFI stated the student applied too much brake on the first landing and almost nosed over. During the 2nd landing the student again applied excessive braking and the acft nosed over. The CFI stated that he had warned the student about excessive braking during a briefing. The CFI had a total of 5 hours in this type acft.

Aircraft

Registration
N3334D
Reported as
Cessna C-180
Category
Airplane
Engine
Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Instructional · Part 91
Registered owner
Daniel J. Borer
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Last inspection
Annual · April 1, 1983 · 10 hours before
Departed
MRI · Anchorage, AK
Airport
Z22 · Willow, runway 13, 4,600 × 105 ft, gravel

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
40
Certificates
Flight instructor, Commercial
Airplane ratings
Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
Instrument ratings
Airplane
Medical
Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Seat
Right
Flight hours
2,306 total · 5 in this make and model · 2,200 as pilot in command · 108 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
60° at 12 knots
Visibility
60 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None
Temperature
64 °F, dew point 36 °F
Altimeter
29.00 inHg
Observed at
TKA, 34 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.