- Date
- May 3, 1990, 20:03 local (May 4, 1990, 04:03 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9339TCessna 180C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900503013269A
- Case key
- 5359
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain directional control of the airplane.
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
During a landing, the airplane touched down on the left side of the runway, and the pilot lost directional control. The plane then existed the left side of the runway and was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9339T
- Reported as
- Cessna 180C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 50839
- Airframe hours
- 2,740
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Goerge Ziots
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 3, 1990 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- 241 · Lake Hood Strip, runway 13, 4,500 × 80 ft, gravel
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 793 total · 424 in this make and model · 624 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 46 °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 N9339T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.