- Date
- April 10, 1984, 15:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Kodiak, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4929ACessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840410013029A
- Case key
- 4280
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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.
Analysis
The acft was landed in winds reported as 35 to 42 KTS. According to the plt control was lost during the landing roll andthe acft ground looped to the right. The plt stated that there were no mechanical irregularities with the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4929A
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32326
- Airframe hours
- 4,715
- Engine
- Continental O-470-K, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Chester Duke
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 20, 1983 · 52 hours before
- Departed
- HOM · Homer, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- KDK · Kodiak, runway 20, 2,500 × 60 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 137 total · 68 in this make and model · 68 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 35 knots, gusting 42
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.