- Date
- June 10, 1990, 18:15 local (Jun 11, 1990, 02:15 UTC)
- Place
- Deshka River, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7939VCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900610019939A
- Case key
- 5379
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain directional control.
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 the pilot lost directional control of the airplane. The airplane then nosed over on to its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7939V
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18051839
- Engine
- Continental O-470-S, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David Tredway
- Registered owner
- David Tredway
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- Silver Salmon, runway 9, 2,000 × 80 ft, dirt
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 500 total · 400 in this make and model · 400 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 39 °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 N7939V · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.