# NTSB ANC86LA094: Cessna 180H, N9001M, Eureka, AK, June 30, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 29, 1986, 17:58 local (Jun 30, 1986, 01:58 UTC)
- Place: Eureka, AK
- Coordinates: 61.61943, -148.97966 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.6194&lon=-148.9797&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4689
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC86LA094
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4689/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC86LA094

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - other airport/runway maintenance - not maintained, airport personnel (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE AIRPLANE APPROACHED THE SHORT AND HIGH ELEVATION AIRSTRIP TOO HIGH AND FAST. IT BOUNCED ON THE ROUGH SURFACE AND RAN OFF THE END BEFORE NOSING OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9001M](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9001M), registered now, S/N 18052101, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180H
- Registry model: [Cessna 180H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180h) (registry code 2072618) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18052101
- Airframe hours: 3691
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R4 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Phillip Wendell Bach
- Registered owner: Joe B. Axford
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, February 2, 1986, 14 hours before
- Departed: GKN, GULKANA, AK
- Destination: Z37, EUREKA, AK
- Airport: Z37, Eureka, runway 21, 2,400 × 25 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,450 total, 400 in this make and model, 1,382 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860629028469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860629028469A), Jun 29, 1986: Cessna 180H, Eureka, AK, Substantial damage. The aircraft hit a hump and overran the runway after a fast approach. Sun obscured vision. Hump not marked.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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