- Date
- April 24, 1989, 15:13 local (23:13 UTC)
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7652ACessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890424010619A
- Case key
- 5177
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll.
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 private pilot was attempting to land his Cessna 180 airplane in a right quartering head wind of approximately 07 knots. The right wing lifted abruptly during the landing roll and the pilot was unable to take corrective action quickly enough to maintain directional control. The airplane ground-looped to the right and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7652A
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32549
- Airframe hours
- 2,874
- Engine
- Continental O-470K, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Zarones, Erik R.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 16, 1988 · 145 hours before
- Airport
- FAI · Fairbanks, runway 1, 3,200 × 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 674 total · 526 in this make and model · 616 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.