- Date
- July 17, 1984, 21:00 local (Jul 18, 1984, 05:00 UTC)
- Place
- King Salmon, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1695CCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840717035599A
- Case key
- 4324
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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 plt was making his fourth landing for a full stop in the tailwheel acft. After the tailwheel contacted the rwy, the upwind wing was raised by a crosswind. The other wing then dragged the surface & the acft partially ground looped & nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1695C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30395
- Airframe hours
- 3,477
- Engine
- Continental O-470-A, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William Crawford
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 5, 1984 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- King Salmon, AK
- Airport
- AKN · King Salmon, runway 29, 8,500 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,700 total · 30 in this make and model · 1,600 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 13 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 39 °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.
Other investigations on N1695C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.