- Date
- October 30, 1988, 15:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9278CCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19881030001149A
- Case key
- 5162
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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 reported that he lost directional control of the airplane during a post-flight taxi to tie down. He said that a small flashlight had fallen behind the left rudder pedal and limited the amount of brake and rudder available for directional control.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9278C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31377
- Airframe hours
- 4,405
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gillis, Melvin B.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 28, 1988 · 163 hours before
- Departed
- ENA · Kenai, AK
- Airport
- MRI · Merrill Field, runway 33, 2,469 × 60 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,805 total · 435 in this make and model · 179 in the last 90 days · 56 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 315° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 37 °F
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 N9278C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.