- Date
- July 3, 1986, 18:45 local (Jul 4, 1986, 02:45 UTC)
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7935VCessna 180H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860703030679A
- Case key
- 4692
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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
After touchdown on the runway, the pilot lost directional control of the aircraft which ground looped to the right. The right main gear was sheared off at the gear box during the ground loop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7935V
- Reported as
- Cessna 180H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18051835
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald L. Hansen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 1, 1986 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- FAI · Fairbanks, AK
- Airport
- FAI · Fairbanks
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 463 total · 135 in this make and model · 352 as pilot in command · 56 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 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 N7935V · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.