- Date
- September 4, 1985, 07:05 local (15:05 UTC)
- Place
- Cordova, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N25722Cessna 180F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850904043249A
- Case key
- 4559
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that immediately after taking off, he seemed to lose aileron control. He decided to abort the takeoff & land on the remaining rwy. After touching down near the departure end, he elected to turn the acft to the left toward an access road rather than to continue ahead into water. The acft encountered a ditch, then went onto loose gravel. The brakes locked on the loose gravel, then the tires caught on hard ground & the acft nosed over. An exam of the flt controls was made, but no preimpact mechanical failure or malfunction was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25722
- Reported as
- Cessna 180F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 51274
- Airframe hours
- 1,806
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harold J. Laughlin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 17, 1985 · 117 hours before
- Airport
- CKU · Cordova, runway 24, 1,900 × 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 644 total · 178 in this make and model · 644 as pilot in command · 117 in the last 90 days · 80 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 10 °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.
Other investigations on N25722 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.