- Date
- March 12, 1987, 18:50 local (22:50 UTC)
- Place
- Cordova, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N61537Cessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870312005959A
- Case key
- 4831
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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 pilot stated that after touchdown and about 150 feet of the roll, the pilot lost directional control causing the aircraft to exit the gravel runway and striking two parked aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61537
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052780
- Airframe hours
- 2,648
- Engine
- Continental O-470-4, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Norman R. Roberts
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 26, 1986 · 73 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- CKU · Cordova
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,320 total · 426 in this make and model · 4,215 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 41 °F, dew point 36 °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 N61537 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.