- Date
- June 28, 1983, 10:58 local (18:58 UTC)
- Place
- King Salmon, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N42101Cessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830628027259A
- Case key
- 4137
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Landing gear,tire - no pressureCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledCause
Analysis
The acft groundlooped after landing. The pilot stated that a tire went flat during landing and the wheel dug into the asphalt. This turned the acft and damaged the landing gear. The acft turned about 100 degrees before stopping.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42101
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31348
- Airframe hours
- 8,200
- Engine
- Continental O-470R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bridget T. Brennan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 26, 1983 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · West Side Beach, AK
- Airport
- AKN · King Salmon, runway 11, 8,500 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,600 total · 705 in this make and model · 1,700 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AKN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.